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AV Shenoy hold degrees in both Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from VJTI, University of Bombay and a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. Worked as a Design Engineer in Electrical Business Group of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. at Powai from October 1969 to September 2001 and retired as Dy. General Manager. Also worked as a Facilitator/Trainer for implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) and ISO 9000 in the organization. Since r

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Abhay Datar is a consumer activist. After working at Bank of Baroda for about 29 years, he retired as IT Manager. After retirement, Mr Datar joined Consumer Guidance Cell of Mumbai Grahak Panchayat (MGP) in 2008 and solved many cases related to banking including online fraudulent transactions, misuse of credit cards and ATM cards. Also handled cases related with mobile banking frauds and mediclaim. He was a Member of the Managing Committee of MGP till March 2021.

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I have a flat in a co op hog society in Ambegaon Pune area. In 2012, which is free from loan .The same flat was given on rent to IT employee. In 2012, a complaint is registered by the bank manager of IDBIBANK Latur against me in which I was working as a officer.When I was not in Pune, the manager with the help of police ,forced our rented person ie an IT employee to vacate the flat and locked the flat on the ground that ,I have purchased the from misappropriation of money from the bank. The said case is in court. There is no any court to seal the flat. On this ground ,I requested the chairman of the society, to allow me to reopen the flat.But he says that the flat is sealed by court and denied us to reopen the flat.Since 2013, I requested to the various chairmen for the subject matter, but all are taking adamant roll favouring not
to open the flat.The one of the reason is that,, one older person misguiding them ,that " now there will be an auction at lower price,and we have a chance to purchase the same.Hence he shouldn't be allowed to open the flat. I also gave request letters many times to management of society,, replies are the same.Please guide in this matter.
Thanking you.
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I live in a one building society & we moved here 2 years ago and since the start the society members and the secret Are treating us horribly. Firstly before we came we renovated this place and it took a month but neither once our workers worked in afternoon or night. Still they made a fuss everytime they saw us . We are introverted except my dad he is complete opposite of us so they think me my mom and my brother are rude when in reality we just never talked in our old society where we lived 20 years. So it started when lift was not working and we came from outstation and we live at last floor 7th one and we had to carry all suitcases and my mom is obese . So while going up i asked watchman since when is lift not working he said since morning and it was around 5 pm so i had question why it is still not repaired so i went to secretary who usually does all work n knocked his door n asked he assumed me a kid i am 23yr old girl living with my parents and brother of 26 yrs old so he said kon ho tum jao idarse niklo my mom was behind me i said we live in this building so n so room no he said toh kya hua niklo jao bhag bhag dusre secretary se puch, i went to another house who lives in my floor knocked said what happened they Said they are like dormant secretary and earlier guy does the work go there so i went again and since I was tired carrying bags seeing my mom likethis and plus his disrespect so I scolded him like hell which includes abusive language . This happened around a year ago . After that everything was ok and this is when is all started getting worse 3 months back our whole lift was not working for 2 months that means me my dad my brother walking 7 flights of stairs everyday since we all work and obviously everyone else in building too. One day i came home early around 4 pm around that week the lift was working. So i went n saw power was gone but also generator was not started so i told watchman to do it he said it was already on but the secretary told to swtich it off since no one was using the lift around one hour. So went again this time i knocked once told why did u off it he said call your dad i wont talk to you. So i did my dad closed his shop came running and whole story was repeated n done until the lift was started after that around evening whole society decided to have urgent meeting and my brother went since it’s registered under his name n my dads n then my dad went . And whole society members. Abused both of them . This time i didnt abuse anyone i just called my dad n he talked to him like nice person since my dad is people pleaser. But still they all abused told them i am women they dont give fuck to women told them hour khandan is like this that, that even if our family are educated engineers or doing ca but we are bad etc not only abusive language but abususive sentences no one should say. And then called me to apologise to whole building. Which i went talked respectfully addressing everyone as sir and didnt apologise . After that they took in writing from my dad again first when that incident n this one telling u take responsibility of her when we will do anything against her basically they were threatening us to call lawyers n police . So my basic question is can i do anything against them since from day 1 they are threatening us and calling my dad again n again for silliest issue that he has to close his shop. Anything i can do i just want peace. CHS, property-related issues

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The Managing Committee of my housing society is asking me to submit the entire will of my late father to transfer tje Flat in the name of my mother. We had masked the personal content in the will and only shared a photocopy of the will in which my late father has clearly mentioned that after his demise the flat should be transfered in my mother's name. They are asking me to submit the full will. CHS, property-related issues

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In our building there are 2 shops on ground floor. The shops are using the space outside their shops where there are steps. shop owner says shop + otla is not common area of society. The space is used for seating and advertisement. The steps lead to the road. Residence access to building is from another area. Society feels it is encroachment and should charge 5 times maintenance as per byelaw 169(a).
We as society would like to charge the shop owner for encroachment and restrict usage of the area.
Is this possible legally? what would be steps and process to ensure shops cannot use that area?
CHS, property-related issues

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Hi, i own a flat in my name as first applicant with my mother's name included in the sale deed as second applicant of the property.
My query I don't stay in India, can my mother provide an NOC to society to my elder brother for him to contest in the executive committee elections is he eligible. Basic legal research

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Shirish Shanbhag Shirish Shanbhag has an MSc in Organic Chemistry, Diploma in Higher Education, a Diploma in a French and has completed his LL.B. in first class, in 2021. Before his retirement, he was a junior college teacher at Patkar College from July 1980 to May 2012, where he taught theoretical and practical chemistry. Post retirement in 2012, he started providing guidance and counseling to people on several issues, with a specific focus on co-operative housing society related matters. Adv Shanbhag has a kee

AV Shenoy AV Shenoy hold degrees in both Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from VJTI, University of Bombay and a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. Worked as a Design Engineer in Electrical Business Group of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. at Powai from October 1969 to September 2001 and retired as Dy. General Manager. Also worked as a Facilitator/Trainer for implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) and ISO 9000 in the organization. Since r

Abhay Datar Abhay Datar is a consumer activist. After working at Bank of Baroda for about 29 years, he retired as IT Manager. After retirement, Mr Datar joined Consumer Guidance Cell of Mumbai Grahak Panchayat (MGP) in 2008 and solved many cases related to banking including online fraudulent transactions, misuse of credit cards and ATM cards. Also handled cases related with mobile banking frauds and mediclaim. He was a Member of the Managing Committee of MGP till March 2021.

Shailesh Gandhi Shailesh Gandhi is a former Central Information Commissioner for the Right to Information Act. He is a successful RTI activist and a regular speaker at Moneylife Foundation.

Dr Rajendra Ganatra Dr Rajendra M Ganatra, was a banker for two decades and is now a registered Insolvency Resolution Professional, restructuring consultant and visiting faculty for MBA. He has more three decades of experience in project finance, asset reconstruction and financial restructuring. He is a Registered Insolvency Professional and has been the former MD & CEO of India SME Asset Reconstruction Co. Limited

Samir Zaveri An extraordinary activist who has dedicated his life to the cause of railways, with a mission to help every rail commuter and accident victims, and improve Railway safety.

Yogesh Sapkale Yogesh Sapkale is Deputy Editor of Moneylife and writes on legal, RTI, and consumer issues

Sucheta Dalal Trustee - Moneylife Foundation

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