If you don't have it:

Written and signed by the members at their first meeting.

If you don't have it:

You prepare it yourselves; the department's website has a model under "Model MOA & Bye-laws".

If you don't have it:

Prepare them from the department's model bye-laws (Document No. II).

📷 What the photo must look like

If you don't have it:

The model affidavit is in the department's "Model MOA & Bye-laws" file.

If you don't have it:

You get it after applying and paying online.

1.

Ask the builder in writing to apply to register the association. Under the agreement for sale in the TG RERA rules, the builder applies to the Registrar to register the buyers' (allottees') association as a society within two months after the occupancy certificate is issued, once at least 60% of buyers have taken possession and paid the builder in full. Every buyer who has paid in full becomes a member. The RERA Act also says every buyer must take part in forming the association.

✋ You do this yourself

2.

If the builder does not form the association, you can complain to TG RERA. The Authority can order the builder to apply, or allow the buyers to apply themselves. If the buyers are to apply, follow the steps below.

💻 TG RERA complaints portal

💰 Fee: ₹1,000 · Complaint fee (rule 34)

3.

Before preparing the papers, ask the District Registrar's office whether it will register an association with your aims under the Societies Act. Section 3(1) of the Act allows societies formed for objects such as art, charity, sports or spreading knowledge, or for "any public purpose". On 06.11.2025 the High Court set aside the registration of an association that served only the residents of one apartment complex, holding that this was not a "public purpose"; it said the association could register under another Act.

🏛️ Your District Registrar (Registrar of Societies) office

4.

Bring together at least seven flat owners aged 18 or over as members (the general body). Hold a first meeting and elect an executive committee of at least three of them. Write down the minutes of the meeting and sign them.

✋ You do this yourself

📎 Minutes of the first meeting, List of executive committee members

5.

Choose a name for the association. It must not be the same as, or close to, the name of a society already registered in your district. Words such as "Co-operative", "State", "Union", "Municipal" or "Reserve Bank" need the government's prior permission.

✋ You do this yourself

6.

Using the department's model, write the Memorandum of Association (name, aims and objects, and the committee members' names, addresses and occupations) and the bye-laws (membership, general body meetings, election of office bearers, funds and auditor, internal disputes, dissolution). At least seven members sign the memorandum before two witnesses, who also sign and give their addresses and occupations. The same members sign the bye-laws.

✋ You do this yourself

📎 Memorandum of Association, Bye-laws (rules and regulations)

7.

Get proof of the office address ready: a registered lease agreement if the office is rented, or a declaration if it is in a member's own premises without rent (the department's model affidavit, signed before a notary).

✋ You do this yourself

📎 Proof of the office address

8.

On the department's website, open the online application form under "e-Registration of Societies" (it takes you to a MeeSeva form). Fill in the details, upload the documents and pay the fee online. Keep the acknowledgment with its reference number. If you wish, a MeeSeva centre can do the online part for you.

💻 Online

📎 Minutes of the first meeting, Memorandum of Association, Bye-laws (rules and regulations), List of executive committee members, Identity proof of the executive committee members, Address proof of the executive committee members, Passport size photographs of all executive committee members, Proof of the office address

💰 Fee: ₹2,045 · Service fee ₹2,000 + user charges ₹45

9.

Send all the original papers, with the reference number written on them, to the District Registrar's office by courier or registered post (RPAD), or drop them in the drop box there, or hand them in yourself. Apply to the District Registrar of the district where the society's registered office will be.

🏛️ Your District Registrar (Registrar of Societies) office

📎 Acknowledgment of the online application (with its reference number), Minutes of the first meeting, Memorandum of Association, Bye-laws (rules and regulations), List of executive committee members, Identity proof of the executive committee members, Address proof of the executive committee members, Passport size photographs of all executive committee members, Proof of the office address

10.

The District Registrar's office checks the original papers against the online application. If all is in order, the District Registrar approves and issues the registration certificate with a digital signature; if not, you are asked to make changes. Download the certificate from "Download of Registration Certificate" on the department's website.

💻 Online

⏱️ within 3 days · Within 3 days of the originals reaching the office

11.

After registration: tell the Registrar the society's registered office address within 28 days. Every year, within 15 days of the general body meeting, give the Registrar the list of names and addresses of the managing committee members and officers. The executive committee meets at least once in three months, and the general body at least once a year.

🏛️ Your District Registrar (Registrar of Societies) office

💰 Fee: ₹300 · A year (by the FAQ)

⏱️ within 15 days · Every year, within 15 days of the general body meeting

12.

If you change the memorandum or bye-laws, apply online under "Amendment of Society" on the department's website with the resolutions, and give the original resolutions to the Registrar by courier, RPAD or in person. A change of aims needs a special resolution; a change of bye-laws needs at least half of the members present and voting.

💻 Online

💰 Fee: ₹1,045 · Fee ₹1,000 + user charges ₹45

⏱️ within 3 days · Approval within 3 working days of the original resolutions reaching the office