The Maharashtra cooperative department has issued a notification finalising charges for elections of smaller co-operative housing societies aimed at thwarting any hanky panky by government functionaries, reports HT.
These charges have been fixed for housing societies with less than 250 members. As per the notification, housing societies with members less than 100 will have to incur Rs 7,000, including Rs 3,500 for government officers for internal elections or Rs 3,500 in case the members are elected unopposed.
For societies with members between 101 and 250, total expenses for polls will be up to Rs 8,500 including Rs 4,500 for a government officer and in case of an unopposed election, the expenses will be Rs 4,500.