Cannot Charge Maintenance Based on Size of Home: Court

A local court recently restrained a cooperative housing society in Lower Parel from charging its members a maintenance fee based on the size of their respective homes, saying it's in violation of a Bombay high court order and contravenes a statutory order issued by the Maharashtra government in 2000.

- Karuna Nidhi

MUMBAI:

The Co-operative Court issued the order to Trader World Premises Cooperative Housing Society after hearing a plea filed by advocate Abha Singh. The plea contended that housing societies are bound to charge maintenance fees on a per-unit/flat basis and not a per-square-feet basis, according to the state government's statutory order issued in 2000 under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act.