Notification on Removal of Non-functioning Societies from the Register

What the notification does

The Notification on Removal of Non-functioning Societies from the Register concerns societies registered in the Central Chennai Registration District under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. It records that the listed societies had failed for more than three financial years to file reports required to be submitted to the Registrar under section 16(3).

Order number Na.Ka.No. 6844/E2/2011 was published by the Tamil Nadu Government in the Department Heads Notifications section of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 22 June 2011. The proposed action was taken under section 44(3)(b).

Key provisions

The Notification on Removal of Non-functioning Societies from the Register provides that:

• 93 societies are identified by serial number, registration number and year, name, and registered address.
• The listed societies were registered in the Central Chennai Registration District.
• Their registration numbers are from 2005.
• The reason given for the proposed action is failure to file the required reports for more than three financial years.
• Each listed society had three months from publication of the notification to provide a proper explanation about its functioning.
• If no proper explanation was provided within that period, the society's name would be removed from the register and the society would be dissolved.

Who may be affected

The Notification on Removal of Non-functioning Societies from the Register directly affects the named societies, their office bearers and their members. The schedule includes flat owners associations, apartment owners associations, residents welfare associations, trade and employee groups, social welfare societies, and other registered organisations in Chennai.

A flat owner, resident or property buyer should check the schedule if a building or neighbourhood association connected with the property was registered in 2005 in the Central Chennai Registration District. Examples in the list include Jains Brindavan Flat Owners Association, Gemini Parsn Apartments Owners Welfare Association, Team Gardenia Flat Owners Association, Pace Enclave Owners Welfare Association, Doshi Maris Owners Association and Uttam Apartments Owners Association.

The notification concerns the registration and possible dissolution of societies. It does not state that land ownership, property title or an individual flat owner's ownership is being changed.