PUNE: The state cooperation, marketing and textiles department on Thursday issued an order allowing elections in cooperative housing societies with less than 250 members.
The state had postponed these elections till August 31 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and was expected to issue the orders for conducting the polls this month. The order will give respite to nearly 30,000 housing societies below 250 members in the state due for elections. Of these, 4,000 housing societies are in Pune district.
Maharashtra Cooperative Housing Federation vice-chairman Suhas Patwardhan told TOI that this was a long pending demand and the societies could start the poll process following Thursday’s order. The state has over 1 lakh cooperative housing societies, while Pune district has around 18,000 registered cooperative housing societies.
Maharashtra Societies Welfare Association chairman Ramesh Prabhu had said the polls would benefit the societies that might have some disputes in the absence of a new body. The polls were delayed first due to the amendement to the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960, and then the pandemic.
