Two days after public works department (PWD) minister Churchill Alemao advocated the formulation of a state policy on mega housing projects to ensure that the “development of the state is not hampered owing to opposition from certain quarters on flimsy grounds”, the law commission of Goa has asked citizens to submit suggestions and proposals for the formulation of a law that will make it compulsory for developers and real estate owners to administer the common interests of dwellers of flats or bungalows.

The commission has mentioned that it’s in favour of enacting a new law on the ownership of apartments and flats . The issue attracted the attention of the law commission after it noted that large-scale real estate activities, including the construction of housing complexes, condominiums, high-rise apartments, group houses, rent back tenements, etc are taking place in Goa.

According to the commission, “It has come to the notice of the law commission that flats, apartments and bungalows are sold along with an undivided share in the properties upon which they are built. A few unscrupulous developers do not take steps to organize cooperative housing societies, companies or associations of owners of flats, apartments, bungalows built on these areas. This leads to a number of problems regarding the management of common areas and common amenities like water, power supply, sewage, garbage disposal, parks, gardens and parking lots.”

Main metro cities like Delhi and Mumbai have specific statutory provisions controlling and regulating the promotion of construction, sale, management and transfer of flats and apartments having multiple dwelling units.

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