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Follow the stipulated norms for Society Redevelopment

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Follow the stipulated norms

The 5 specific steps that need to be followed by housing societies while initiating the redevelopment process


As per the official directive for redevelopment of building of co-operative housing society, the following steps need to be followed:

1)  Requisition for convening SGM
Not less than l/4th members of the Society the building of which is to be redeveloped should submit a requisition to Secretary of the Managing Committee elected as per provisions of Bye-Laws and lawfully formed along with then-scheme and suggestions for redevelopment of the society’s building for convening Special General Body Meeting to finalise the policy on redevelopment of the building.

2)  Convening Special General Body Meeting
On receipt of an application as per Directive No. 1 above, Managing Committee should take a note there of within 8 days and Secretary of the society should convene General Body Meeting of all the members of the society. Agenda of the meeting should be furnished to each member 14 days prior to the day of meeting and acknowledgement there of should be kept on record of the society. Before convening the said meeting, Society should obtain list of architects/ project management consultants on the panel of government / local authority and obtain quotations from minimum 5 experienced and expert persons for preparing project report for redevelopment work of the building and one expert person from among them will be selected in the Special General- Body Meeting.

Following business will be transacted in the said Special General Body Meeting

a. To take preliminary decision by taking into consideration demand of the members for redevelopment of society's building and suggestions received in respect of the same.
b. To select expert and experienced Architect / Project Management Consultant on the panel of the Government / Local Authority for work of redevelopment of the building and to finalise items of work to be done by them and terms and conditions of work.
c. To submit outline of the programme for redevelopment of the building.

3)  To accept written suggestions from members relating to redevelopment of the building
Members of the society will be entitled to submit in writing to the committee eight days prior to the meeting their realistic scheme, suggestions and recommendations for redevelopment of the building in the name of experienced and expert architect / project management consultant known to them. However, that architect / project management consultant should submit a letter that he is desirous of doing work of redevelopment.

4)  Decisions to be taken in the Special General Body Meetings
Quorum for the Special General Body Meeting convened for redevelopment of building of the Co-operative Housing Society will be 3/4th of the total members of the society. If quorum is not formed, meeting will be adjourned for eight days and if there is no quorum for the adjourned meeting, it will be deemed that members are not interested in redevelopment of the building and meeting will be cancelled.

On formation of quorum for the meeting, suggestions, recommendations and objections from all the members with regard to redevelopment of the society's building will be taken into consideration and opinions expressed by all the members will be recorded in the minutes book with names of concerned members. Therefore a preliminary decision will be taken whether to redevelop society's building or not. Such decision must be taken with majority vote of more than 3/4th of the members.

On preliminary resolution about doing the work of redevelopment getting passed, following business will be transacted in the meeting.

a) To selected expert and experienced Architect / Project Management Consultant from the panel of the Government / Local Authority for work of redevelopment of the building and to finalise items of work to be done by him and terms and conditions for the same.
b) To submit an outline of the programme for redevelopment of building.



Source: Redevelopment Ready Reckoner by Santosh Kumar and Sunit Gupta




Article Source : DNA

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