HDFC coop here - one of the apartments has been vacant since the shareholder died more than five years ago. Nobody lives there, so nobody is keeping an eye on things to make sure there are no problems (leaks from the roof, etc.) that if not addressed immediately could become even bigger problems for the apartment itself, but also for the apartments adjacent and below to it. Needless to say, the apartment is also in dire need of a renovation. The heirs have supposedly been paying the maintenance all these years and are refusing to put it up for sale, because they are convinced that by holding onto to it longer, they'll make a ton of money. After many years and an ongoing legal dispute, the board has been refusing to give the rest of the shareholders any details about this contention (what I described I found out from someone with knowledge of it). I would like to know if it's legal for a person (or multiple people, in this case) to own an apt in an HDFC coop and not live in it. Shouldn't the law allow the coop to force the heirs to sell the apartment after all these years? And if they refuse to do so, shouldn't the coop be allowed to repossess it? Any advice would be appreciated.