I live in Bangalore and my apartment complex has a small enclosed COURTYARD with flats around it. This area was landscaped by the builder and handed over to us. We have a separate children's play area. The apartment Blueprint terms this area as a COURTYARD while the brochure calls it a PLAY AREA.
Some residents insist on using this as a play area for children and since it is enclosed and is right outside my bedroom and living room it causes a tremendous amount of disturbance. Some other ground floor apartments have raised objection along with me. In addition, we have children of all age groups playing cricket and basket ball in the corridors on the higher floors and the ball falls into this COURTYARD and bounces straight onto my windows.
Despite numerous complaints to the apartment association, the association is not able to control the residents from misusing this area. The association claims that they are not enpowdered to do anything more than request the residents to abide by the rules. The residents who misuse this property are citing Article 31 of the UN Convention for children’s rights saying that children cannot be stopped from playing.
Please let me know your opinion on the said article 31. I would also be interested in knowing what my options are to resolve this issue.
