By-laws

1. Name	:	The Name of the Association will be Metropolitan Cooperative Housing Resident’s Welfare Association

2. Address	:	Registered Office will be located at C-9, 1^st A Main , MCHS Lay out, 6^th Sector, H.S.R. Lay out, Bangalore-34

3. Area of Jurisdiction	:	The area of jurisdiction of the Association will be the Whole M.C.H.S. Lay out.

4. Working Hours	:	Office of the Association will normally work from 4.00 PM to 8.00 PM

5. Aims and Objectives	:

1.	To promote and safeguard the orderly growth and development of the area.

2.	To promote and safeguard civic amenities in such a way that orderly and disciplined life of the residents of the area are maintained.

3.	To advice, coordinate with the various private and statutory organizations in their activities and contacts.

4.	To promote the welfare of the residents of the area through civic, social and cultural and similar other activities and contacts.

5.	To promote fulfillment of the common civic needs of the residents of are through representations, meetings, and discussions with the concerned authorities and organizations.

6.	To promote steps for protecting and improving the health and sanitary conditions of the area and its residents.

7.	To take effective steps for the maintenance and improvement of the environmental and aesthetic aspects of the area and its amenities.

8.	To do all such things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the aims mentioned above and generally to promote activities of general public utility in the area.

9.	To provide for the Association members, facilities for recreation and entertainment, such as outdoor and indoor games, like Badminton, Table Tennis, Snooker, Billiards, Carom, Chess, Pools, Skilled games, etc.

10.	To promote literary, scientific, cultural and social improvement of all classes of community, both sexes, by providing facilities for reading room, library, concerts, lecturers, competitions, entertainment.

6. Memberships	:	Membership is open to all adult residents of the area mentioned above, who subscribe to the aims and objectives of the association.

7. First Managing Committee	:	The names of the sponsors of the Association who shall from the Firs Managing Committee is attached at Appendix ‘A’ and the committee has elected the Chairman, Vice Chairman, President and Treasurer (amended to President, Vice President, Hon. Secretary and Hon'able Treasurer).

8. Profits if any; or other incomes earned shall be utilized solely for promoting the objects of the Association. The payment of any dividend of the distribution of any Income or profit among members is strictly prohibited.

9. President, Secretary is authorized to communicate and correspond on behalf of the Association.

10. Rules and Regulations :

Location: The office of the Association shall be located at C-9, 1^st A Main , MCHS Lay out, 6^th Sector, H.S.R. Lay out, Bangalore

Office will normally work from 4.00 PM to 7.30 PM on all working days

Life Members - who pay Rs.5000/- or more.

An application for membership shall be made in the prescribed form along with the prescribed fee and introduced by a member. No persons below the age of 18 will be admitted as a member.

The Managing Committee shall have the powers to admit or reject any application for membership without assigning any reasons and its decision shall be final.

(a) when the member resigns from a specified date intimated to the office.

(b) When the member fails to pay the membership fee within three months of the due date from 1^st April.

Financial Year: The official year shall be from 1^st April to 31^st March. The annual accounts of the Association will be filed with the Registrar of Societies under provision Sec 13 of KSR Act, 1960.

Management: The affairs and activities of the Association shall be vested in a Managing Committee consisting of ten members who shall be elected by the General Body. The Managing Committee shall hold office of a period of three years or till such time the new managing committee is elected.

The Managing Committee shall elect the following Office bearers.

          a. President.
          b. Vice President.
          c. Hon. Secretary
        d. Hon. Treasurer

10.

Powers of the Managing Committee:

a.	To fill by nomination any vacancy that might arise
b.	To incur expenditure and administrative properties of the Association.
c.	To admit or reject any application for membership
d.	To institute, defend or compromise any legal proceedings in the name of the Association
e.	To take all such actions and exercise all such powers not specifically mentioned above necessary for the achievement of the objectives of the Association.
f.	The Managing Committee shall ordinarily meet once in a month or as often as deemed necessary. The President and in his absence Vice President shall preside over the meeting.
g.	To collect by way of membership fees, Subscriptions, donations, gifts and proceeds from benefit performance and other funds for the promotion and maintenance of the activities of the Association.
h.	Eight days notice shall be given for members of the Managing committee to convene the meeting, however in matters of great urgency the meeting may be called at short notice by informing over telephone or verbally without written notice.
i.	The quorum for the committee shall be one third of the members of the Managing Committee.
j.	All decisions on the subject before the committee shall be decided by a simple majority of votes of members present including the President and the Vice President.
k.	The President shall be the person to implement all decisions of the Managing Committee and will be in charge of the general administration of the Association.
l.	The Treasurer shall be in charge of cash, all financial documents and statement of accounts and balance sheets. He shall work in close coordination with the President.

11. General Body Meeting

The General Body Meeting of the Association shall be as per Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960.

12. Notice shall be given for convening the General body meeting as per provisions of Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960.

13. The quorum for the General Body Meeting shall be one of the members of the Association on the day of the meeting. Every member shall have one vote and the election is by show of hands and the results shall be declared by a simple majority of the votes obtained by each candidat4e. If within half an hour of the time fixed for the holding of the General Body Meeting, the quorum is not formed, then the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day of the following week, at the same time and place. No quorum is necessary for the adjourned meeting.

14. The following business shall be transacted at the annual General Body Meeting:

To consider and adopt the annual report and audited statement of accounts of the previous year.
To consider and approve the budget for the ensuing year.
To elect members to the Managing Committee once in three years.
To amend Rules and Regulations, which have to be passed by not less that 2/3 of the members present.
To pass resolutions.
To take up any other business with permission of the chair.

15. Funds and Accounts

The funds of the Association shall be invested in the modes specified under the provision of section 13(1)(d) read with Section 11(5) of the I.T Act 1961 as amended from time to time.

Accounts clauses

There shall be regular maintenance of all accounts of the Association. The accounts shall be audited by a chartered accountant every year. The accounts will be closed every year by 31^st March. The funds of the Association shall be kept in a Scheduled Bank in the name of the Sadashivanagar Residents Welfare Association and jointly operated by two of the following:

*	President
*	Hon. Secretary
*	Hon. Treasurer

16. Alterations or amendments to the Memorandum of Association shall be made as per section 9 of the Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960.

17. Change of name, rules and regulations shall be made as per section 9 of the Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960.

18. If an amalgamation of the Association arises, section 21 of the Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960 shall be followed. No amendment to the memorandum of association and rules and regulations shall be made which may prove to be repugnant to the provisions of section 1, 11, 12, 13 and 80 G of the I.T. Act 1961 as amended from time to time. Further no amendment shall be carried out without the prior permission of the Commissioner of Income Tax.

19. In the event of dissolution of winding of the Association, the assets remaining as on the date dissolution shall under no circumstances be distributed among the members of the Managing Committee/governing body. The same shall be

The benefits of the Association shall be open to all irrespective of caste, creed or religion.

The funds and the income of the Association shall be solely utilized for the achievements of its objects and no portion of it shall be utilized for payment to members by way or profit, interest, dividend etc.

20. For all things and matters which have not been specifically provided for herein above, the provisions of the Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960 and rules made under shall apply.

Sl. No.	Name & Address	Office	Address
1.	Dr. Yallappa Reddy	President	MCHS Lay out, 6^th Sector, H.S.R. Lay out, Bangalore
2.	Sri N.C. Muniyappa	Secretary	-do-
3.	Mrs. Vandana Luthra	Member	-do-
4.	Sri. Mahindra Jain	Member	-do-
5.	Smt. Vandita sharma	Member	-do-
6.	Sri. M.H. Swaminathan	Member	-do-
7.	Smt. Vinita Ralph	Member	-do-
8.	Sri. Kishore Chandra	Member	-do-
9.	Sri. Rangaswamy V	Treasurer	-do-
10.	Sri. Om Prakash	Member	-do-

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