Maintenance charges are to be paid generally, for a more concrete advise you may share all the documents with an advocate so that the advocate can peruse the language of the clause and can give you proper advise.

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Your membership is free But builder can charge you towards club maintenance charges every month

Your agreement must be containing clause to that effect

Hi, the membership is for the usage of club .. The maintanance charges is for the maintanace of the property .. It is used by the residents , so who will make expenditure for its maintainance . The demand is legal and valid

Builder can charge maintenance charges even if club membership fees are free

1. Club membership and Club maintenance are two separate things. Just because club membership is free, does not imply that you cannot be charged maintenance.

2. If there is no clause regarding club maintenance fee then the same can be charged from you.

If the deed or agreement is silent on the issue of club membership or specify it to be free then it can't charge any fees later on unless flat owners freely enter into any agreement with regard thereto.

In your case you can refuse to make such payment. If they penalise you for this you can consider to file case before the consumer forum.

Who is demanding money now when you have a registered document stating that the same is free of cost?

You can initiate legal action based on the documents held in your possession.

if there should be no clause regarding club maintainance fees.

only written free club membership then ?

You may refer the document to a local lawyer and seek his opinion about the recitals found in the registered document and then plan to initiate legal action on his advise/suggestion