How is the levy of maintenance charges to be calculated?
The maintenance charges and expenses have to be calculated on the basis of undivided percentage of interest of the apartment owners in the common areas and facilities. There is also a practice of levying the charges on the basis of a number of units owned even though the units may be of different sizes. The acceptance by a owner for payment on the basis of a number of units owned regardless of size, will not prevent the owner concerned to claim that the owner should be charged on the basis of the undivided interest held by such owner. The charges are payable by a tenant or occupant, if the owner is not in occupation of the premises.
