Members often find themselves at odds with their cooperative housing societies (CHS/the Society) over unclear procedures and arbitrary decisions. This week’s questions reflect such everyday challenges faced by flat owners. From societies refusing to accept members’ letters or issuing unsigned notices, to questions about the legality of changing the order of joint ownership on share certificates, readers continue to face issues that stem from poor governance and disregard for co-operative bye-laws.

I am also addressing a case where a Society in Pune has wrongly denied a father the right to purchase another plot in the same CHS, revealing how misconceptions about membership rules often create unnecessary obstacles. As always, I will try and clarify what the bye-laws actually say and e

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