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Can family member become part of RWA and where to file case against it


21-Sep-2023 (In Property Law)
1.Can a family member of an owner be a member of the RWA ?i.e. Not the registered owner but his immediate family member. 2.My apartment has 96 flats ranging from 2030 sft to 3750sft, with the same uniform maintenance charges. Interesting to note that the builders brochure mentioned that maintenance would be collected on area basis. Very few are agreeing to area based maintenance charges. 3.Can I approach a consumer court or will it have to be a civil court ? 4.One more thing is regarding corpus fund which also is being charge uniformly, which is grossly unfair, however it is mentioned in the brochure as a term of purchase.
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Answer #1
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Hi
Only owners can become members of RWA.
Family members can only be an associate member(no voting rights).
Flat maintenance should be on square feet basis and should be computed based on built up area of each flat .
A RWA comes under societies act. Hence you should approach the Registrar of societies.
A corpus fund can be charged on uniform basis (per flat basis instead of square feet basis) as it is the initial(seed) fund contributed by all of flat owners for later use.

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