H020🏠 Housing & PropertyReply draft
Builder directly approaching members bypassing committee
What you need to know
All redevelopment negotiations must go through elected committee. Builder directly soliciting individual members for signatures is illegal under Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act Section 79A.
Your rights
1
All negotiations through elected committee
2
Report individual solicitation to Registrar
3
Invalidate agreement obtained through individual pressure
4
Police complaint if harassment involved
What you should do now
Action first1
Collect evidence and alert committee
- Save messages, calls, visit records from builder approaching members directly
- Write to society secretary asking committee to formally stop this
- Get other affected members to jointly write
2
File complaint with Registrar
- Registrar can direct builder to communicate only through elected committee
Acts applicable
Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act 1961
gujaratSection 79A — Committee authority
Where to complain
Consumer complaint portal: e-jagriti.gov.in (replaced edaakhil.nic.in as of Jan 2025). Labour complaints: col.gujarat.gov.in. All links verified June 2026 via web search against official government sources.