Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in India

Respected Sir,

I live in a 10 Flat Building(No of flats 10).Here all the flats are not of equal size i.e flat size varying from 1500/1200/1000/750 sq ft and like that.Previously maintenance /service charge per month was being equally divided amongst all 10 flat owners(It is not a Cooperative Society Flat,It is a ownership flat).But recently by a majority decision it has been decided that henceforth monthly service charge will be according to size in sq ft .As my flat is the highest sized flat obviously I have to pay maxm. .Considering the previous method as there are 10 members each member had to pay 10% of total maintenance cost per month.As per the new method I have now to pay 20%of the total cost .

My problem is that if the new method is restricted to the monthly charge only then it is not much of a problem,ALTHOUGH THERE IS A QUESTION MARK CONSIDERING MY POINTS STATED BELOW.But the thing is that for any future Capital Maintenance like total painting of the external walls of the building ,roof repairing etc(WHICH ARE A COMMON THING FOR ALL IRRESPECTIVE OF THE SIZE OF AN INDIVIDUAL FLAT) in each case I have to pay more.More precisely if the repair cost is (say)rs 6 Lakhs then I have to pay Rs 120000,whereas others may have to pay only Rs 30000.

MY POINTS

This monthly maintenance is only restricted to paying salary of the caretaker/salary of the sweeper /running cost including maintenance of the water pump/illumination of the common service area(stairs etc) WHICH IS IN NO WAY CONNECTED TO THE FLAT SIZE.There is no difference in the service rendered between a higher sized flat and a lower sized flat .NO SERVICE IS RENDERED IN THE ORIGINAL INDIVIDUAL FLAT AREA.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR VALUED OPINION WHETHER I HAVE ANY POINTS TO STATE.Frankly speaking I am a retired person ,but I do not want do anything which does not follow any legality..Only concerned rules may help me ,if there is any such.

With thanks

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