Housing society in Gurgaon banned Pets
The residents of a housing society are banned from keeping pets by the management committee. The committee of Kanchunjunga Cooperative Group Housing Society (CGHS) in Sector 56 has justified its move citing a by-law that it claims exists in the original allotment letter issued to occupants. It has even issued a circular terming the presence of dogs in the society a hazard to residents, especially children.
For dog owners like Shiv Tripathi, an export consultant, and Vivek Saha, senior manager in an IT company, this notice has come as a shock. Tripathi shifted to his apartment only a month ago and within a fortnight he received the communication from the managing committee seeking his signature on an undertaking in this regard. Tripathi said, “This is wrong. I am talking to the society and have not responded to the notice yet.” Saha alleged that during the last annual general body meeting, in April, the committee unilaterally decided to impose the ban on keeping pets and even conducted a ballot on an “ambiguous” question.
Saha, who owns a Labrador and was a volunteer of the management committee, quit from his post on this issue. He said he had told the managing committee to stop further communication in this regard to pet owners as it was leading to unnecessary harassment. “I have also warned them that we will complain to the police and even take the legal route,” he said.
The move has been opposed by four residents, who have pet dogs. The committee has now proposed to give them a onetime exemption. This means, once their animals die, they will not be allowed to adopt new ones.
Another resident, on condition of anonymity, said the rule was ridiculous. “I love my pet, which is like a family member, and cannot part with it. It seems that for the sake of living in this society I have to give up my love for dogs,” he said. To push its point forward, the society has issued another circular stating that it is authorized to formulate its rules or by-laws and the rule barring pets in apartments is not in violation of any law. HS Panwar, a member of the managing committee, confirmed this, and said the rule about pets existed in the original conditions of allotment.
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