Dated 22.6.13
Dear All,
Many people have written about engaging in dialogue with ORL. At the outset, we would like to state that if matters can indeed be sorted out through engaging in dialogue that would be the best possible outcome and OSFOA including all flat owners would indeed welcome this possibility.
However, consider this:
1. The issues we are faced with are not new – change in plans without consent, Grande, land entitlement, society formation, parking shortfall, amenity reservation of 7.5% converted to FSI free public parking and Prisma building, inadequate amenities, maintenance account issues, Maxima, VAT, STP, construction quality issues etc. have been raised with ORL by several flat owners, individually as well as collectively many many times over the last two years;
2. Many meetings have been attended with ORL over the past two years – senior ORL officials, particularly, Vikas Oberoi himself, Saumil Daru, Thatagatha Sarkar, Arun Kootian, Sadekar etc. have been approached personally with all these issues many times. Hundreds of emails, letters and even legal notices have been written to ORL and various of its senior officials by flat owners over the past two years;
3. Several verbal assurances have been made by many of these officials, including Vikas Oberoi and Saumil Daru on many occasions;
4. However no action has been seen till date;
5. ORL continues to load new flats into our property and deprive us of our land through Grande/ Prisma/ Maxima (without compensating us for the same), ORL continues to form society including Grande despite owners unanimously opposing it and is illegally attempting to handover and run a society without representation by even a single flat owner from A to F towers of Splendor (by flouting every law imaginable), ORL has failed to offer any solution to address our parking problems or our overcrowded amenities, ORL refuses to render proper account on our maintenance expenses and income generated by the complex, ORL refuses to refund our Vat deposit, refuses to resolve our non -functional STP, failed to provide Mahanagar Gas etc. etc.
6. On top of all of this, Vikas Oberoi and Saumil Daru and any of their other officials refuse to even acknowledge that any of the above is a genuine issue that owners are faced with. They constantly write to us stating that these are all non-issues or give irrelevant and untenable justifications or excuses to each of them. There is absolutely no indication whatsoever that they have any willingness to even acknowledge the existence of these issues, leave alone attempting to offer solutions for them.
7. Under these circumstances, what sort of dialogue can we really hope to have with them?
We are of the view that these emails sent by Vikas Oberoi offering dialogue are really a smoke screen and delaying tactic to buy more time and to distract owners.
8. If Vikas Oberoi is indeed serious about dialogue, he should write to all flat owners offering tangible, real solutions to all our problems/ issues/ concerns, instead of brushing them aside with vague and irrelevant justifications and excuses.
9. One simple example of this is his offer on parking – he has simply vaguely said that there is place to construct extra parking – without specifying how many parking slots can be constructed, where will they be located, how long it would take etc.
We would like to reiterate what was stated at the concluding discussion of the meeting of OSFOA on June 15, 2013 – any dialogue must be conducted in an open, transparent and inclusive manner and not behind closed doors involving a few selected special owners. But the primary pre-requisite for dialogue is that Vikas Oberoi and ORL must show some real intent by acknowledging the problems/ concerns/ issues highlighted to them by flat owners and OSFOA and they should come out with a written communication offering real solutions to these problems.
Until this happens, we have no option but to pursue all legal remedies available to us to enforce our rights and entitlements.
Best Wishes,
OSFOA
Dear All,
Many people have written about engaging in dialogue with ORL. At the outset, we would like to state that if matters can indeed be sorted out through engaging in dialogue that would be the best possible outcome and OSFOA including all flat owners would indeed welcome this possibility.
However, consider this:
1. The issues we are faced with are not new – change in plans without consent, Grande, land entitlement, society formation, parking shortfall, amenity reservation of 7.5% converted to FSI free public parking and Prisma building, inadequate amenities, maintenance account issues, Maxima, VAT, STP, construction quality issues etc. have been raised with ORL by several flat owners, individually as well as collectively many many times over the last two years;
2. Many meetings have been attended with ORL over the past two years – senior ORL officials, particularly, Vikas Oberoi himself, Saumil Daru, Thatagatha Sarkar, Arun Kootian, Sadekar etc. have been approached personally with all these issues many times. Hundreds of emails, letters and even legal notices have been written to ORL and various of its senior officials by flat owners over the past two years;
3. Several verbal assurances have been made by many of these officials, including Vikas Oberoi and Saumil Daru on many occasions;
4. However no action has been seen till date;
5. ORL continues to load new flats into our property and deprive us of our land through Grande/ Prisma/ Maxima (without compensating us for the same), ORL continues to form society including Grande despite owners unanimously opposing it and is illegally attempting to handover and run a society without representation by even a single flat owner from A to F towers of Splendor (by flouting every law imaginable), ORL has failed to offer any solution to address our parking problems or our overcrowded amenities, ORL refuses to render proper account on our maintenance expenses and income generated by the complex, ORL refuses to refund our Vat deposit, refuses to resolve our non -functional STP, failed to provide Mahanagar Gas etc. etc.
6. On top of all of this, Vikas Oberoi and Saumil Daru and any of their other officials refuse to even acknowledge that any of the above is a genuine issue that owners are faced with. They constantly write to us stating that these are all non-issues or give irrelevant and untenable justifications or excuses to each of them. There is absolutely no indication whatsoever that they have any willingness to even acknowledge the existence of these issues, leave alone attempting to offer solutions for them.
7. Under these circumstances, what sort of dialogue can we really hope to have with them?
We are of the view that these emails sent by Vikas Oberoi offering dialogue are really a smoke screen and delaying tactic to buy more time and to distract owners.
8. If Vikas Oberoi is indeed serious about dialogue, he should write to all flat owners offering tangible, real solutions to all our problems/ issues/ concerns, instead of brushing them aside with vague and irrelevant justifications and excuses.
9. One simple example of this is his offer on parking – he has simply vaguely said that there is place to construct extra parking – without specifying how many parking slots can be constructed, where will they be located, how long it would take etc.
We would like to reiterate what was stated at the concluding discussion of the meeting of OSFOA on June 15, 2013 – any dialogue must be conducted in an open, transparent and inclusive manner and not behind closed doors involving a few selected special owners. But the primary pre-requisite for dialogue is that Vikas Oberoi and ORL must show some real intent by acknowledging the problems/ concerns/ issues highlighted to them by flat owners and OSFOA and they should come out with a written communication offering real solutions to these problems.
Until this happens, we have no option but to pursue all legal remedies available to us to enforce our rights and entitlements.
Best Wishes,
OSFOA
