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Practical guidance for housing societies, managing committees, and staying compliant.
To implement the Resolutions of the General meeting and the Managing Committee through the Secretary. To supervise work of the Secretary and to become responsible for the works done by him. To accept all the mails (Dak) of the society and, after seeing the same, to issue necessar…
Rules for the election of the Managing Committee of Housing / Commercial Service Societies based in Gujarat. Definition “The law” means the Law of Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act, 1961 and to the rules which are in force in pursuance of thereof. “Byelaws” means the byelaws of…
Share certificate is issued by Society to the rightful owner in the co-operative society at the time of society formation. It has an unique number that indicates the name of the member, the number of shares issued, and the value paid. With change in ownership, the share certifica…
Above question came up in Kerala where the Registrar of Cooperative Societies in 2006 issued a circular and brought all cooperative societies in Kerala under RTI. This was challenged in High Court. High Court’s judgment was further challenged in Supreme Court. Looking at the impl…
Update: 2019-20 AGM date is further extended upto 30-Sept-2021. ( Circular dt 31-Mar-21 ) As seen in the earlier article “ Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Cooperative Society” , first AGM of society is to be conducted within 3 months of formation of society. Post which yearly AGM…
It is advisable that members fill in nomination for their property with society. Incase of unforeseen circumstance, transfer of share can be easier because of above form. This article discusses about case where nomination is not filled. Query : On death of the owner of property,…
A question which regularly comes up in a cooperative society: Who can become member of the society ? Who can become a committee member ? Who can become Chairman / Secretary / Treasurer ? Further complexity is added to this by questions like whether NRI, PIO or OCI card holder bec…
Sec 78 of Gujarat Cooperative Society Act , talks about Special General meeting (SGM). A Special General Body Meeting is called for undertaking a particular agenda. Some reasons for calling special general body meetings are redevelopment or repair plans, grave misconduct issues,…
What is an Annual General Meeting (AGM)? An Annual General Meeting (AGM) is a yearly event which is compulsory as per the society bye laws and Gujarat Cooperative Society Act 1961, for every cooperative society (housing society/apartment complex/commercial complex/plot etc). Thes…
