can i run my own office in my flat
yash
(Querist) 20 February 2011
This query is : Resolved
Hello,
i am from visakhapatnam, andhra pradesh and own a flat in an apartment. i have rented half of the flat to a family and run my office in the other half since the last 6 years.
Recently some members of the apartment are objecting to my office in the apartment even though its my own flat. They are even prohibiting me from parking my vehicle in the apartment in my parking slot which i had bought by paying 50,000/- to the builder. the members of the apartment (i guess it is a registered society) say that once i rent the flat to someone else, i do not have a right to park my vehicle in the apartment.
Well, i really have not read the bylaws and the management has not changed in like 5 years.
Who should i consult. Please someone tell me my rights(if i have any).
Thank you.
KANDE VENKATESH GUPTA
(Expert) 20 February 2011
If it is a residential flats building, you cannot run your office for commercial purposes i.e., office of profit, which is against the purpose for which the permission from the competent municipal authorities is obtained. If you are an advocate, your setting up practice in your own flat cannot be termed as for "commercial purposes" as it is your profession. You can approach the local civil court and file a suit for injunction against the persons/society objecting for your setting up practice in your flat. However, no person can prohibit you being the owner of the flat from parking your vehicle in the alloted slot. Yourself and your tenant cannot claim to have two parkings. Either yourself or your tenant can claim parking but not both.
