Month: January 2020
Govt. takes over plot
Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a Chennai-based law firm I purchased a plot at Morai Village, Thiruvallur District in 1990 by way of a registered sale deed. Subsequently, a Taluk Patta and an online...
Seeking justice
Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates My husband registered for an apartment in a project which was nearing completion. The builder promised a delivery date.When the property documents were verified by PF authorities for fund...
Payment defaulters
Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a law firm There are 110 flats in our multi-storey apartment. Of the 110 owners, two have not paid the monthly maintenance since two years. Kindly suggest how we...
Approval of plot
Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a law firm I purchased a plot in 1987 at Rukmaninagar, which falls under the Valasaravakkam jurisdiction today. An approval for constructing a house was obtained in 1993 along...
Parking space charges
our property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a Chennai-based law firm As per the SC judgement in civil appeal 2544 of 2010, Nalachand Lalchand Pvt. Ltd. vs Panchali Coop Hsg Soc Ltd., the Court has ruled...
Regularisation of plots
Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a Chennai-based law firm There has been a recent scheme to regularise unapproved layouts by paying a fee for regularisation. Since unapproved plots were sold at a low price...
Registering for RERA
Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a Chennai-based law firm I am a potential buyer of an under-construction project in Chennai. The developer of the property in question had begun construction in 2016, prior to...
Incorrect plot number
Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a law firm My father had purchased a DTCP approved property in 1972 from a society. He passed away a few years ago and the society is now closed....
How to deal with Association laws
Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a Chennai-based law firm My building Association has forcefully applied uniform maintenance costs irrespective of a flat’s size. I have raised my grievance and referred to the Tamil Nadu...
Remeasurement of plot
Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a Chennai-based law firm I own a CMDA approved plot measuring 1,200 sq.ft. (20 x 60") at Kodungaiyur. While planning to construct on the land, I realised the frontal...