CHS Model Byelaws Chapter XII : Management of the Society

X I I . Management of the affairs of the society.

109.

Subjects to the provisions of the Act, the Rules and the Bye-laws of the Society, the final authority of the Society shall vest in its General Body Meeting, summoned in such manner as is specified in these Bye-laws.

110.

The Management of the affairs of the Society shall vest in the Committee duly constituted in accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Rules and the Bye-laws of the Society.

111.

Subject to the direction given or regulation made by a Meeting of The General Body of the Society, the Committee shall exercise all powers, expressly conferred on it and discharge all functions entrusted to it under the bye-law No. 137.

112.

A Banking Account shall be opened by the Society in the nearest State or District Central Co-op Bank / a Scheduled Bank having awarded “ A “ Audit Class in last three consecutive years, Nationalised Bank, and in any other mode permitted by general or special order of the State Government, as provided under section 70 of the Act and the account shall be operated upon and all acquaintances and discharges shall be signed by the Secretary jointly with the Chairman or Treasurer.

113.

The Committee shall consist of *11 / 13 / 15 / 17 / 19 Members of the Society. This strength includes the reservation of seats as provided under section 73B and 73C of the Act.

Note: *The strength of the managing committee and strength of the quorum for conducting the meeting would be as under:-

*Quorum for the Meeting will be simple majority of the existing Committee Members.

114.

a. Election of all the Members of the Committee shall be held once in 5 years, before the expiry of its term, in accordance with the provisions of Sec 73- CB of the Act and the Rules / procedure framed there under. It shall be the duty of the Committee to  intimate to the State Election Authority for holding of its election before expiry of its term. On failure the Committee Members shall cease to hold office after expiry of its term, and attract action by the Registrar under section 77 A.

b. The Committee of the Society may co-opt two “Expert Directors” relating to the objects and activities under taken by the Society..The number of such co-opted Members shall not exceed two in addition to the strength of the committee as provided in bye-laws No. 113., such co-opted Members shall not have the right to vote in any election of the Society in their capacity as such Member or to be eligible to be elected as office bearers of the committee.

c. The Committee of the Society may co-opt two “Functional Directors”, such Members shall be excluded for the purposes of counting the total numbers of the committee and shall have no right to vote.

d. In respect of housing society having contribution of the Government towards its share capital, then the members of the committee shall include two officers of the Government nominated by the State Government, which shall be in addition to the number of members specified as above, and as provided under section 73 AAA of the Act.

e. The Election of the Society shall be conducted by the State Cooperative Election Authority under section 73CB

115.

No Officer of the Society shall have any interest, directly or indirectly, otherwise than as such officer: ( a ) In any contract made with the Society.( b ) In any property sold or purchased by the Society. ( c ) In any other transaction of the Society, except as investment made in or loan taken from the Society for provision of residential accommodation by the Society to any paid employee of the Society.

116.

No person shall be eligible for being elected as a Member of the Committee or co-opted on it, if :

a. he / she has been convicted of the offence, involving moral turpitude, unless the period of six years has elapsed since his conviction ;

b. he / has defaults the payment of dues to the Society, within three months from the date of service of notice in writing, served either by hand delivery or by registered post, demanding the payment of dues;

c. he /she has been held responsible under Section 79 / 88 / 147 of the Act or has been held responsible for the payment of the costs of enquiry under Section 85 of the Act ;

d. In case of an Associate Member, non-submission of the no-objection certificate and undertaking, as prescribed under these bye-laws, by the Member ;

e. he is not an Active Member ;

f. he has without previous permission in writing has sublet his flat or part thereof or given it on leave and license or care taker basis or has parted with its possession in any other manner or has sold his shares and interest in the society

117.

In a General Election of Members of the Committee of a Society, on the election of two-thirds or more number of Members, the Returning Officer or any other Officer or Authority conducting such election shall within seven days after the declaration of results of the election of such Members, the committee has, for whatever reason, has not been so far constituted, forward their names together with their permanent addresses to the Registrar, who shall, within fifteen days from the date of receipt thereof by him, publish or cause to be published such names and addresses by affixing a notice on the Notice Board or at any prominent place in his office; and upon Constitution of the Committee such publication, the Committee of the Society shall be deemed to be duly constituted. In determining two-thirds of the number of Members, a fraction shall be ignored.

118.

a. A person shall cease to be the Member of the Committee, if:

i. he has incurred any of the disqualifications mentioned under the byelaw No. 116 or ;

ii. he has failed to attend any three consecutive monthly meetings of the Committee, without leave of absence.

b. If a Member of the Committee attracts any of the disqualifications under the bye-law no. 118 (1), the Committee shall record the fact in the minutes of its meeting and the Secretary of the Society shall inform the Member and Registrar accordingly. Such Member shall cease to be the Member of Managing Committee on the order of the Registrar

119.

No Member of the Committee shall be present at the consideration of any matter, in which he is directly or indirectly interested. 120.The period of office of the Committee elected under the bye-law No. 114(a) shall be for 5 years from the date of assuming the office.

121.

a. The first meeting of the newly elected jointly with outgoing Committee shall be held within 30 days from the date of constitution of the new committee as per bye-law No. 117 and the provisions of Section 73AAA.

b. Subject to the provisions of the bye-law No. 121(a) the Secretary of the outgoing Committee shall issue notice of the first meeting to the Members of the newly elected Committee and the outgoing Committee thereof. On the failure of the Secretary of the outgoing Committee to convene the joint meeting, the Chairman of the outgoing Committee shall call it. On the failure of both, the Registration Authority may call such a meeting.

122.

All records of the Society shall be kept at its premises, convenient to the secretary, with the approval of the Committee of the Society.

123.

When the new Committee is elected, the Secretary of the outgoing committee shall prepare the list of papers and property of the Society in his custody and hand over the charge thereof to the outgoing Chairman. The retiring Chairman shall hand over the charge of the office of the Committee and all papers and property of the Society, in his possession to the Chairman of the new  Committee, as per provisions contained in Section 160 of the MCS Act 1960.

Note : The word ‘Paper’ used in this bye–laws and any other bye-laws shall mean all and / or any items mentioned in the bye-laws nos.141 and 142, and data / information in digital form.

124.

a. Every Committee, at its first meeting, after its election shall elect a Chairman, Secretary and Treasure from amongst the Members of the Committee.

b. The Officer of the Society shall hold office for the period of 5 years from the date on which he is elected to be the Chairman as the case may be the Secretary and Treasurer but not beyond the expiry of term of the Committee. Provided that he shall cease to be the Officer, if the motion of No Confidence is moved in the special meeting of the Committee called and presided by the Registrar or such officer not below the rank of a Assistant Registrar upon the notice given by 1/3rd Members of the Committee and the motion of No confidence is passed by the 2/3rd Members present at such meeting, who are entitled to vote at the election of such Chairman, Secretary or Treasurer. Provided further that another motion of No Confidence shall not be brought against the Chairman or as the case may be the Secretary or Treasurer of the Society unless the period of 6 months has elapsed from the date of preceding motion of the No Confidence.

125.

The Committee meeting shall be normally held in the premises of the Society. The quorum for Committee Meeting shall be as mentioned in Bye-law No. 113.  It shall not be competent for the Committee to transact any business unless there is the quorum at the time of consideration of every item on the agenda of the meeting of the Committee.

126.

a. The Committee shall meet as often as necessary but at least once in a month.

b. in case of emergency, the Committee may place a resolutions and get the same passed by the Committee Members, however the same be placed before the next subsequent meeting.

127.

The Committee may fill a casual vacancy on the Committee by nomination out of a same class of Active Members in respect of which the casual vacancy has arisen as per section 73 CB and as per the instruction issued by State Cooperative Election Authority.

128.

The period of office of the co-opted Member of the Committee shall be coterminous with tenure of Office of the Committee.

129.

A Member of the Committee may, by a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Society, resign his Membership of the committee. The resignation shall be effective from the date it is accepted by the Committee or on expiry or the period of one month from the date of the receipt of the letter or resignation by the Chairman or the Secretary of the Society, whichever is earlier.

130.

a. The Chairman of the Society may resign his office as Chairman by a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Society;

b. The Secretary or Treasurer of the Society may resign his office as Secretary or Treasurer by a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Society.

c. Chairman/Secretary/Treasurer’s resignation will be effective only after its acceptance and handing over the charge to the newly  elected Chairman /Secretary/Treasurer, as the case may be.

d. The Committee may accept the resignation of the office of the Chairman/Secretary/Treasurer only after it is satisfied that the Chairman or as the case may be the Secretary or Treasurer of the Society has brought upto date the work entrusted to him and has produced the entire papers and property of the Society, in his possession, before the Committee.

e. In case entire committee intends to resign, the resignations of the committee shall be placed before the General Body and such resignations shall be effective from the date of acceptance of such resignations by the General Body. This fact of acceptance of resignations of the entire Committee by the General Body, shall be communicated to the Registrar by the outgoing officers and Registrar may take necessary action as provided under section 77 A of the Act. However the existing Committee shall continue to carry on with only routine functioning of the Society, till alternate arrangement is made by the Registrar

129 and 130

Resignation of Management Committee Members and Office Bearers

131,132,133,134,135,136

Management Committee Meetings of a Co-operative Housing Society.

137.

Subject to the bye – law 111 the Committee shall exercise the powers and discharge the functions and duties as mentioned hereunder.

Powers, functions and duties of management committee

138.

The Chairman of the Society shall have the power of overall superintendence, control and guidance in respect of management of the affairs of the Society within the frame-work of the MCS Act 1960. Rule 1961 and the Bye-laws of the Society. In case of any emergency, the chairman of the Society may be competent to exercise any of the powers of the committee. However, while
doing so he shall record the reasons thereof in writing Any decision, so taken by the chairman of the Society shall be got ratified in the next meeting of the Committee.

139. The functions of the Secretary of the Society