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An RWA cannot refuse homes to tenants, impose blanket bans on bachelors, or discriminate by religion, region or food habits. Such rules are illegal and unenforceable, and coercion can be a police matter.
Frequent lift breakdowns, no maintenance contract or insurance, an expired or missing fire NOC, blocked escape routes — these are not minor gripes. Haryana law regulates lifts and fire safety, and residents can force compliance.
The same committee running your society for years, 'elections postponed' again and again? Under the Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act, 2012 a committee's term is fixed, elections must be held on time, and the District Registrar can step in.
Denied membership of your society, or removed from the register just before elections? Under the HRRS Act, 2012 you don't fight this in a civil court — you petition the District Registrar.
'Where is our maintenance money going?' If your committee hides the accounts, the HRRS Act, 2012 gives every member a right to inspect the books, requires audited accounts to be shared, and penalises a committee that stonewalls.
An RWA must hold an Annual General Meeting every year and place audited accounts before members. If yours hasn't, the HRRS Act, 2012 is on your side.
An RWA cannot invent charges at will. Under the HRRS Act, 2012 maintenance and levies must follow the bye-laws and the General Body — and a charge imposed against them is simply invalid.
Unaccounted spends, inflated contracts, cash with no vouchers? The HRRS Act, 2012 lets members force an inquiry, seize records, recover the money, remove office-bearers, and even trigger an FIR.
Members can compel the RWA to hold a meeting. Under the HRRS Act, 2012, if one-tenth of members requisition an extraordinary meeting, the committee must call it within 45 days — and if it won't, the District Registrar can.