1) The document outlines the steps a housing society should take before convening a special general meeting to discuss redevelopment. This includes conducting structural audits, studying development plans and rules to understand available FSI, surveying the plot, obtaining quotes from project management consultants, addressing legal questions around the approach road, and issuing photo IDs to members. 2) Societies should also survey redeveloped neighboring societies, obtain member feedback, and appeal for volunteers. The meeting should be properly notified and ensure quorum through ward volunteers. Voting would be done by secret ballot. 3) The goal is to be well informed and prepared on all legal and planning aspects impacting redevelopment before discussing this major decision at the special

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1.0 Structural Audit:
1.1 Structural Audit should be carried out as stipulated in Bye Law no. 76. This will assist in
taking the redevelopment decision. Summary of main observations should be
circulated to members.
1.2 According to Bye-law 76, the society shall cause to undertake the Structural Audit of the
building as follows: For the building aging 15 to 30 years … once in 5 years & for the
building ageing above 30 years … once in 3 years.
The society shall undertake to carry out periodical Fire Audit of the property as per the
State Fire Policy and maintain record thereof.
1.3 Essential Repairs should be carried out by conveying SGM as Redevelopment process
would take few years after seeking all approvals.
2.0 Basic Information about the PLOT:
2.1 To get the conveyance formalities completed / arrange for deemed conveyance.
2.2 To study DP Plan 2014-34 to confirm that MCGM has not marked any reservation on
the society’s plot.
2.3 To study DC Rules 2014-34 to find out the availability of FSI, TDR, Fungible FSI & other
guidelines regarding construction etc.
2.4 To carry out Digital Survey of the society’s Plot.
2.5 To draw Layout to show the position of buildings, play ground etc. after
Redevelopment.
2.6 DP Plan and Digital survey will throw light on the exact area of the plot, width of the
approach road etc. This information will be useful to calculate TDR availability, area to
be constructed etc to avoid the dispute at a latter stage. The Plot area as per Digital
survey should be compared with plot area as per Property Card and as per 7/12th
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2.7 Digital survey and Layout plan will be the base documents to proceed further.
2.8 To obtain final quotations from at least 5 PMC firms. (Refer Para – 4.0)
3.0 Survey of Redeveloped Societies in the nearby area:
3.1 The managing / redevelopment committee should conduct the survey of redeveloped
societies in nearby area and seek their opinion, problems faced etc. The feedback should
be circulated to members for reference.
3.2 The Redevelopment committee should meet the persons staying on L&L arrangement in
the society & nearby societies and seek their opinion, problems faced etc. The additional
information such as PMC, Developer, and Amenities promised, Corpus Fund, and
Xerox copy of agreement executed with Developer, PMC etc. should also be obtained.
The feedback should be circulated to members for reference.
3.3 The discussion summary of these meetings & Merits – Demerits of our project should be
circulated to members.
3.4 Opinion & Suggestions of the members should also be obtained on redevelopment prior
to 1st SGM conveyed to take decision on redevelopment with special reference to
additional area & corpus fund expected.
4.0 Project Management Consultant (PMC):
4.1 Before convening the SGM, Society should obtain List of Architects / PMC –Project
Management Consultants on the panel of Government / Local Authority and obtain
minimum 5 quotations from experienced and expert persons for preparing project
report for redevelopment work of the building. Society should obtain the quotations as
per the directive. It is suggested that Quotation should be obtained job wise instead of
consolidated % of construction cost. This is necessary to avoid the dispute at a later
date, in case the redevelopment project gets cancelled for any reasons.
5.0 To obtain Legal Opinion in respect of Approach Road:
i In case the society does not have separate approach road directly from the public road
then it is necessary to obtain the legal opinion in respect of the said ‘Agreement for use
of approach road’ with the owner of that land.
ii Can the Owner of the said road, take objection for the Redevelopment?
If yes, what is the legal remedy?
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Towers accommodating new members?
If yes, how the redevelopment scheme should be implemented?
6.0 Identity Cards to be issued to Members:
6.1 Photo ID Card should be issued to all members (Flat owners)
6.2 Para 10 (b) of Directive dated 03-01-2009 clearly states that any person other than the
formal members is not entitled to attend this meeting. Therefore Original Members (i.e.
Flat Owners) should attend the meeting with their Identity Cards.
It has also been clarified by competent authorities that Associate member has no right to
work on the redevelopment committee, attend & vote in the meeting held to discuss any
aspect relating to Redevelopment.
6.3 Entry for SGM should be allowed only after verification of Photo ID Card issued by the
Society. Members should not be allowed to leave the venue till the redevelopment
decision is arrived at. Society should also intimate the arrangement done for meeting,
how voting exercise will be carried out etc. before the SGM.
7.0 Volunteers:
7.1 Society should make an appeal to members to come forward to act as Volunteers for the
Redevelopment Project. The contribution of each member is required for successful
execution of Redevelopment Project – Major Repairs & for running the society.
7.2 Volunteer should be nominated for each wing who is supposed to co-ordinate with the
members staying in the wing for ensuring that minimum 75 % of members attend the
1st SGM. Quorum for the Special General Body Meeting convened for redevelopment of
building of the Co-operative Housing Society will be ¾ of the total members of the
society. If quorum is not formed, meeting will be adjourned for eight days. Hence it is
utmost important to ensure that 75 % of members are present at the venue, as per the
time mentioned in the Notice issued for conveying SGM.
8.0 Conveying SGM to take decision:
8.1 SGM may be conveyed after getting the favorable response from members to take the
formal decision on the Redevelopment after receiving the request to hold such meeting
from at least ¼ of the total members.
9.0 Voting:
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papers should be kept ready. Voting should be done by secret ballot to maintain the
peace in the society & to avoid the politics.
10.0 It is needless to say that Redevelopment Project should be executed without shifting
of members if the society is in possession of sufficient open space.