Disconnection of water supply
I purchased an apartment in Chennai. I paid corpus fund to the builder as per agreement. The builder was maintaining the premises. I paid the maintenance charges to the builder without any due. Meanwhile some owners in group formed an owners welfare association and was properly registered. They asked the owners to pay the maintenance charges to the association. I paid maintenance charges without any due. The association is approached the builder to handover all the documents and Funds, including corpus fund. The builder refused to handover the documents and corpus fund because 50% of the owners didn't pay the maintenance charges to the builder and due was almost double the corpus fund.
Meanwhile the association asked to pay corpus fund since they could not get transferred fro the builder. Some owners paid as they are financially sound. Being a pensioner I am not able to pay the corpus fund again. The association fixed a different maintenance charges for those who had not pay the corpus fund. The additional maintenance charges amounts to 18% interest on the corpus fund supposed to pay. This is equivalent to charging late payment penalty. Since I already paid the corpus fund to the builder I denied the revised maintenance charges. However, I paid maintenance charges @ the old rate without any due. I informed the association that I would ready to face the dispute in the court of law. But the association office bearers disconnected the water supply. On my approach with the police station they resumed water connection. No complaint is registered but it solved verbally. The association secretary is still insisting me to pay the corpus fund and maintenance at revised rate and threatening me that water supply would be disconnected if the said amount is not paid.
Please offer your advice action on my part.
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