• Co-op housing soc member is urging a secretary to provide duplicate kabja rasid(possession receipt)

One our flat holder of our multistorey building of co-op housing society yesterday came to me, secretary of this co-op housing society building, saying that he has lost his original kabja rasid (possession receipt) which he would have taken in original from the previous owner of that flat from whom he purchased that flat around 16 years ago. he has only xerox copies of his flat dastawej and its original kabja rasid (possession receipt) is misplaced by him according to him and he is asking me to provide duplicate original kabja rasid so here I am asking your valuable opinions whether should I print kabja rasid book and provide him a copy of kabja rasid for his flat???? or in order to provide him a duplicate kabja rasid from a society, I need to ask him to provide some docs related to his property??? or should I ask him for FIR copy or public notice copy in newspaper for lose of this doc etc etc???? kindly provide me the legal procedure in order to provide him a fresh copy of his flat kabja rasid so that I as a secretary will be in safer side in future. hope you must have understood my concern. waiting for your valuable opinions. Thanks
Asked 3 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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The loss of original possession receipt should be made as a complaint before and obtain a non traceable certificate from police,  after which the flat owner should issue a public notice in a local newspaper,  wait for 15 days from the date of publication,  after that should submit an application to the society chairman requesting to issue a duplicate possession certificate. 

The owner should also enclose an affidavit indemnifying the society undertaking to resolve the legal complications in this regard that may arise in future, if any and also attach the copy of police complaint,  non traceable certificate from police,  newspaper copy and photocopy of the lost possession receipt held in his possession while submitting the request letter to the society. 

On receipt of the request letter you may place it before management committee members in your next meeting,  discuss about issuing the requested duplicate possession receipt as per the bylaws of the association. 

You should avoid taking any independent decision on such sensitive issues. 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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2492 Consultations

ASk him to lodge FIR about loss of original receipt , issue public notice about loss of original receipt then only provide duplicate receipt after having resolution passed in MC 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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He needs to obtain transfer of kabja from his seller. Society is not his seller. As a Secretary you can only endorse the  kabja certificate. He can approach his seller and request him to provide a duplicate certificate.

Ravi Shinde
Advocate, Hyderabad
5130 Answers
42 Consultations

Dear client in order to provide the duplicate copy of any document you have to reach to the registrar and an application application for the duplicate copy.

Anik Miu
Advocate, Bangalore
11014 Answers
125 Consultations

You need to ask him to provide documents and then issue any receipt if required 

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
34515 Answers
249 Consultations

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