Society and Maintenance, Non Occupancy charges and Transfer Fees - common problems - Adv. ROHiT ERANDE. ©
Society and Common Problems relating to Maintenance, Non Occupancy charges and Transfer Fees: Adv. ROHiT ERANDE. © On and average most of the disputes, problems in the Co.operative societies revolve around monetary issues and that too relating to Monthly maintenance, Non-Occupancy Charges and Transfer Fees. In Spite of the Law being very clear on these points, still AGMs are witnessing heated discussions on these topics. Let's try to study in brief these legal issues. Transfer Fees - Maximum Rs.25,000/- is the limit : 1. As there were lot of complaints regarding Societies making profits under the garb of Transfer Fees, the Govt. of Maharashtra long back vide its GR dated 09/08/2001 have clarified that Maximum Transfer fees for transfering the membership in a society can be charged Rs.25,000/- and not more than that. Inspite of this fact, there have been cases where Societies are charging Transfer Fees based on per sq.ft. area or in lakhs of rupees and same is ex-faci