noida getting a flat for rent in ncr seems to be getting tougher for unmarried people residents of gulshan ikebana a residential complex in sector 143 have now put out a board at the society gates stating that bachelor tenants will not be allowed in the society many highrise society complexes across noida and greater noida are joining in to close their gates to bachelor residents while ikebana residents claim the step is an internal collective decision taken to check latenight disturbances by bachelors fonrwa has opposed the step and said all residents are welcomevivek nigam from the gulshan ikebana facility department said we have a system of open house where collective decisions are taken by residents through majority votes on all issues in the society this is done because theres no rwa as this is a new society the decision to bar bachelors was taken at one such open house by the residents the main reason for it being the discomfort faced by residents when bachelors play loud music at late night parties come back late in the night and have unverified friends coming over to their placehe also said the decision is not permanent and will be subject to review if residents or the rwa once formed feel the need to change it in futurethe practice is not new as toi has reported this on several occasions there many society complexes across noida ghaziabad and gurgaon that continue to bar bachelors from giving property on rent for similar reasons about 80 of group housing and multistorey society flats in noida and ghaziabad region do not allow bachelors single women and in some instances pet owners to take flats on rent we have to sometimes sneak in tenants calling them married with family if the owner is willing said jagat kumar a property dealer who requested his name be changedrecently the federation of apartment owners association fedaoa in indirapuram said it would set up committees to interview single tenants looking for flats theremeanwhile n p singh president fonrwa told toi we in fonrwa maintain that all residents singles foreigners irrespective of colour and and gender all are our residents and are most welcome to get accommodation in ncr including noida if any rwa or resident body exercises random rules of discrimination based on gender nationality or class etc it is illegal and liable for action if we receive complaints against themsenior supreme court advocate prashant bhushan who specialises in public interest litigations endorses the rwa federations stand there are no provisions in law that allow any resident body or rwa to exercise such arbitrary rules they cannot stop anyone from taking property on rent