1. Only a affected person (i.e. whose signatures are allegedly forged) can raise up the issue or lodge a police complaint. The CHS has no jurisdiction to raise any objections, accept to take precautions by asking for the original notarised copy of the said documents, giving reasons that the said documents were not executed in Maharashtra and that members signatures do not tally with the signatures on the society records.
2. In the instant case, the affected person is the person who resides in Madhya Pradesh. Hence only this person can lodge complaints about fraud and forgery. Since it is a Father-Son relationship, and even if it is a forgery, the father will probably not take any action whatsoever .OR. still further the father may simply declare that the documents and signature are genuine, THUS bringing the CHS into legal trouble at the hands of the members Son.
3. The CHS may write to the member in Madhya Pradesh, enclosing the document set, and request him to confirm his signatures on the documents and further request him to notarise such documents and return it to the society, after which the CHS may proceed with the same.
4. There are legal implications, when the CHS puts allegations on Fraud & Forgery on anybody, without appropriate documentary proofs. Mismatch of members signature on earlier society documents, could be because of several factors and cannot be a justification for such allegations.
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