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Practical articles on running a cooperative housing society, transfers, tenants and society documents.
Kolkata's Samabayika stores once numbered over 200. Consumer co-operatives still serve neighbourhoods across West Bengal through a three-tier structure led by CONFED – and new ones can be started under the same law.
04 Nov 2026
If your co-operative wants members in West Bengal and another State, the WBCS Act no longer fits – you need registration under the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 with the Central Registrar.
04 Nov 2026
Members of a West Bengal housing co-op can remove the board before its five-year term ends. One-third of members requisition a special general meeting with a no-confidence resolution under Section 31; if it passes, the board is dissolved.
04 Nov 2026
Gifting a co-op flat to a family member needs a registered gift deed, the society's written consent and the receiver's admission as a member. West Bengal capped the stamp duty on such gifts at ₹1,000 in 2024.
04 Nov 2026
FORM I - Registration of a Co-operative Society editable co-operative housing form with guided fields and PDF printing.
Fill and previewFORM VIII - Registration of Amendment of By-laws editable co-operative housing form with guided fields and PDF printing.
Fill and previewFORM X - Election Nomination Paper editable co-operative housing form with guided fields and PDF printing.
Fill and previewFORM XXVIII - Membership Application editable co-operative housing form with guided fields and PDF printing.
Fill and previewFORM XXVIIIA - Housing Membership Affidavit editable co-operative housing form with guided fields and PDF printing.
Fill and previewFORM XXIX - Housing Society Quarterly Statement editable co-operative housing form with guided fields and PDF printing.
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