Registration & Stamps Department

Ans:- A Society / Association is an organized group of people with the sole aim and objectives of non-profitable service. Registration of Societies is optional. Registration of such an association will have legal recognition. It will be possible to run society legally with discipline. Society can sue and be sued.

Ans:- Registrar of Societies i.e., District Registrar of a District appointed under Telangana Societies Registration Act, 2001 as applicable to the state of Telangana is the authority to register the societies. Society can be registered in the office of the Registrar in which District the society is intended to be established. Application may have to be made to the Registrar through MeeSeva online.

Ans:- Minimum of 7 persons who have attained the age of 18 years can form a society or an Association.

Ans:- Association could be formed for the following purposes:

 Art, Fine Arts, crafts;

 Educational, charity, cultural, literature and religious;

 Sports (excluding games of chance);

 Knowledge of commerce and industry;

 Political education and training;

 Maintaining Library;

 Collection/preservation of historical monuments, technical and philosophical research. Promotion of scientific temper in the society etc.

 Diffusion of any knowledge or any public purpose.

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 Application

 Proceedings of the first meeting

 Memorandum of Association

 List of members of Executive Committee with name, address, occupation, age and signature.

 Bye - laws of the Association.

 Affidavit

 Passport size photographs of Executive Committee members.

Ans:- The name shall not be similar to one already existing in the District.

Names prohibited or registered by State or Central Government through executive instructions or through Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950.

Names with an Indian Institute or University also cannot be registered.

Ans:- Rs.500/-

Ans:- Every year the society within fifteen days from the date of the General Body meeting shall submit a list to the Registrar of societies. And that list shall contain the names and addresses of the members of the Managing Committee (Executive Committee) and officers entrusted with the management of the society.

Executive Committee shall meet at least once in three months; and General Body shall meet atleast once in a year.

Amendments, if any, made shall be filed with Registrar.

Minutes of all the meetings shall be filed with the Registrar of Societies.

Society shall elect Executive Committee members as per its bye laws.

Ans:- Rs.300/- per annum.

Ans:- Memorandum can be amended by approval in a special General Body Meeting called for the purpose after giving due notice and by approval another special General Body Meeting called after 30 days. Byelaws can be amended by approval of majority of members in Special General Body Meeting. Such amended byelaws shall be filed with the Registrar within one month.

Ans:- Section 21 of A.P. Societies Registration Act, 2001 deals with this subject. Amalgamation: Any two or more societies may, by a special resolution of both or all such societies, and confirmed by a like resolution at a second meeting of both or all such societies, convened after an interval of one month after the first meeting, get amalgamated into one society with or without any dissolution or division of the funds of any of the societies with intimation to the Registrar.

Any society may, by a special resolution, divide itself into two or more societies. Such resolution shall contain proposals for the division of the assets and liabilities of the society among the new societies into which it is proposed to divide itself and may specify the area of operation of and the members, who will constitute each of the new societies.

An amalgamation or division in pursuance of this section shall not prejudice any right of a creditor of any society, which was a party to such amalgamation or division.

Ans:- Yes, since records of the Society are deemed to be public records, under section 24 any person can get copy and produce as evidence.

Ans:- According to Section 23 of the Act, in the event of any dispute arising among the committee or members of the society, in respect of any matter relating to the affairs of the society, there are two ways of resolution of it: May seek redressal under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act , 1996, or

May file an application in the District Court concerned and the said court shall pass necessary orders.

Ans:- Under Section 24 of the Act, a society may by passing a special resolution may dissolve with prior intimation to the Registrar and take necessary steps for the disposal and settlement of the property of the society.

In the event of any dispute arising among the members of the Committee or the members of the society, the adjustment of its affairs shall be referred to the court and the court shall make such order in the matter including appointment of liquidator as it deems fit;

A society dissolved under this section shall file with Registrar a full report showing as to how the property has been disposed of. If upon the dissolution of any society after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities if any property remains, the same shall not be delivered to or distributed among the members of the said society or any of them, but shall be delivered to some other society, with a similar objective to be named by a special resolution.