Roles, Duties and

Responsibilities of
Members of a
Resident Welfare
Association
A resident welfare association is necessary, as it
can serve as a committee through which
queries can be explained, and issues and
problems solved. The presence of a committee
or resident welfare association will also spice
up interaction among residents and get them to
contribute equally from their part. Such open
social interaction will improve the joy of living
in an apartment complex.

A resident welfare association, however, needs

to be registered under the government for it to
be recognized as a proper association. A
registered resident welfare association will this
way be able to enjoy many legal benefits. While
forming a registered resident welfare
association, make sure that you have more than
seven members who are at least eighteen (or
above) years of age. This is very important.
The primary objective of every resident welfare
association would be to collect the common
maintenance charges from every single resident
in the apartment and use this in establishing
good public infrastructure for the residents. An
association will normally have to be formed
under The Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act
of 1972 or
The Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960
(and appropriate act for states other than
Karnataka).

Every resident welfare association will have a

management committee, a president, a
treasurer and a secretary, apart from the regular
members. There are many common
responsibilities that members of the association
should take up among themselves, and some of
these have been mentioned below.
 The President’s Role:

 The President will be given the authority to

defend any form of legal action that is taken
against the association, and will also be
given the authority to sue people for legal
purposes and reasons.

 The President of a resident welfare

association will have the final call in
approving a contract that is brought by the
committee and implementing the terms.

 The President should maintain an overall

view on the occurrences and ensure that all
residents and members are satisfied without
having any qualms or problems. The
President should also oversee all expenses
and make sure that they are put to good use.
 The Treasurer’s Role:

 The Treasurer in a resident welfare association

will be given the task of maintaining all funds
within the organization. The responsibility of
maintaining the money safely along with all
documents also rests solely with the Treasurer.

 The Treasurer’s role is a demanding one and

should be bestowed upon an experienced
person with good management capabilities, as
these documents and funds are very important
for the association.

 The Treasurer should also make note of the

overall income and also calculate monthly and
yearly expenditures. This way the flow of money
will be constantly regulated for the benefit of
the residents.
 The Secretary’s Role:

 The secretary in a resident welfare association

will be given the responsibility of conducting
various general body meetings.

 The secretary will also be given the responsibility

of compiling the minutes of the meeting and
analyzing the overall information brought to the
table.

 The secretary will have to bring up concerns

from each individual resident in order to ensure
active participation of all members.
These are the three major roles in any resident
welfare association, and you’ll need to be aware
of all such responsibilities involved, in order to
contest for the spot yourself, or even in order to
vote for the right person when the polls come
up.
ApnaComplex supports the notion of committee
members – administrators can tag members
with different committee member roles and
even give “permissions” to modules specific to
thier roles. For example, a member can be
tagged as a treasurer can be given access to only
accounting modules. ApnaComplex is an
apartment managment software. We are now
offering a 30-day no obligation free trial for
every complex. Go ahead and register your
complex and see how you can manage your
complex more easily, efficiently, and
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