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RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS
Web Portal: Housing Society Management System
Kushal Patadia*, Keshav Manjrekar** Tejal Zope***, Pranav Patil****,
*,**(Department of Information Technology, Padmabhushan Vasantdada Patil Pratishthan‟s College Of
Engineering, Mumbai)
***.****Department of Information Technology, P.V.P.P.C.O.E,Mumbai)
ABSTRACT
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”. Housing Society Management System exactly follows this phrase
and aims at making the current situation in the society simple and efficient. Society Management System
reduces the conflicts that arise within the society by providing facilities such as online voting system, online hall
allocation, etc. It automates certain attributes that occur within the society and makes it easy for the members of
the society an easy access to the society happenings and on goings.
Keywords - Bye Laws, Datepicker, Web Portal.
I. INTRODUCTION
Generally, in Society all the work is decided
in meetings and maintenance bills, contact no of
members are recorded on the papers. There is no
automated system for doing all the things that
generally happens in society, so that members can
come to know what is happening in society. The
Society Management System allows members to
login with their own account and get updated with
society happenings. Society Management System is
the website portal to reduce conflicts among society
members. The system has automated functionality for
calculating monthly maintenance bill and member
can view their bill status on their account. The main
functionality of this project is that, there is a voting Fig 1.2 System Behaviors
system for different society positions like Chairman;
Treasurer Etc. Member can vote the candidates that The system provides a unique interface to every user
are standing for different roles in society. to interact with the system. System accepts queries
from users and evaluates the need of the query and
1.1 System Architecture fires it over the database and results are displayed to
the user.
II. EXISTING SYSTEM
Existing system for a society is based on our
traditional way keeping records and details on paper
and registers. Access of these details and papers are
not granted to common member in absence of the
authority. For voting for various designations
Fig.1.1 Generalized System Architecture (secretary, treasurer, chairman, etc) in society
members need to be present on site for voting. Due to
some unavoidable reasons some members cannot cast
vote. Proposed system has a facility for voting online
which will provide anytime anywhere access.
Booking a hall for celebration in a society was
tedious work as details were on paper and were only
accessible only to the authority which may create
confusion when two or more people want to celebrate
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in same hall.We studied Housing Society 3. Reports and Monthly Bill Generation
Management System [5]. This software system Various type of reports viz. Resource Report,
generates bill automatically and manually. It creates Total revenue etc. can be generated by the system
bill of all members at single click. In this system bills with a provision of downloading the reports too.
can be generated as per multiple of months i.e. Rates defined as per the “Bye Laws” [5], and the
monthly, quarterly half yearly etc. due day of bills System will calculate the maintenance charges
can be assigned. Housing Society Management under different heads and for different types of
System does not allow user to cast vote or manage premises.
nominees and does not have a provision for hall The member can view his previous month bill
allocation. This software concentrates mainly on status on their profile.
generation of bills whereas our system integrates The administrator can confirm the member status
various other features of society which are exact by just one click and it will be automatically
replica of the real happenings in the society. reflect in the db. If the bill is not paid on or before
Including features like voting, hall allocation, report the specific fixed date (like 15th of every month),
generation etc. Our system provides more efficient the arrears will be added to the bill.
and accurate results and can be accessed anywhere
anytime. 4. Hall Allocation for Celebration
This module will be used for allocating hall or
III. PROPOSED SYSTEM open ground for celebration. Admin can allocate
Society Management System is the website the hall to the member by his end only.
portal designed to reduce conflicts among society Before allocation, on a particular date from a
members. The system has automated functionality for member, it will be checked that there is no other
calculating monthly maintenance and member can event is planned from other member.
view their bill status on their account. The main
functionality of this project is that, there is a voting 5. Complaints
system for different society positions like Secretary, User can report new complaints using the system
Chairman, Treasurer Etc. Member can vote the interface.
candidates that are standing for different roles in While the Administrator and Secretary has the
society. The Society Management System allows rights to reply to the complaint and replies can be
members to login with their own account and get checked anytime.
updated with society happenings. Datepicker is a
Jquery function that allows user to pick up any date 3.1 How System Works
in user friendly manner.
The following are the modules included in this 3.1.1 Working of the System
system:
1. Login and Administration (1) For a new member he will register on the
Login will separate the user, secretary and website by providing the necessary details.
Administrator of the System. (2) If already registered, then the user can
The monthly maintenance bill will be directly login to the system.
authenticated by administrator. (3) The system will differentiate as per the login
Admin can also set the candidate for voting and as either
allocation of hall. a. Administrator
The administrator and members has authority b. Secretary
to login to the website and manage their profile. c. User
Secretary has the special privileges of updating (4) After login you will be directed to the
monthly bills. dashboard of the system where you will
have various options as per the type of the
2. Voting System user
The voting system will also be included in this a. The administrator can insert posts, notices,
system. manage the site, manage users looks etc.
The voting system allows members to elect the b. The secretary can access the posts.
candidates that are standing for different positions c. The member can manage his/her profile.
in society. (5) On visiting the main site, the user will have
The candidates for different roles will be assigned two options Logout and My Society and all
by administrator. the recent news and activities will be visible
The result of voting will be declared on welcome to the user.
page after login. (6) On clicking the My Society option, you will
be directed to the society‟s dashboard.
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a) Here the administrator can select the
members for voting for various positions,
can check any complaints received and
even reply the solution to the sender, check
the status of the maintenance bills of each
member and set it as paid if a particular
member has paid the bill, generate reports
and also allot halls to the member if
requested.
b) The secretary will have the right to update
the prices of the maintenance bills if there is
a case of rise in the prices due to some
reasons, and also reply to the complaints
received.
c) The member of the society can view the
recent posts and notices of the society, he
can vote for the candidates which are
selected for voting for various positions. He
can also send any complaints or queries to
the authority and can also search for other
members present in the society.
Fig. 3.1.2 Flow graph of Voting System
3.1.2 Algorithm for Voting System
3.1.3 Algorithm for Allotting Hall
(1) The administrator will manage the (1) Select date, type of hall required.
nominees and select various members for (2) If(status==0)
different posts. {
(2) After the member logins, he‟ll see the Display the booking details
nominees and can cast his vote for a person Book the hall
for a particular post. The member is Status=1
allowed to cast his only once. }
(3) The status of the member can be checked (3) else if(status==1)
using Display the message “Sorry, Hall is not
if (status*==0) available for the selected date.”
{ Status here indicates whether the hall is
Cast vote booked or not.
Counter++
Status=1
}
else
The system will display a message
“You have already voted. Thank you”.
*(Status indicates whether the user has
already voted or not. Status=0 says
that user has voted yet else the user has
voted.)
Fig.3.1.3 Flow graph for Hall Allocation
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IV. RESULTS
4.1 Administrator
Logging into the system directs user to the control
panel. Control panel allows user to manage his
profile and allows privileged users some rights like
to post news, updates etc.
Fig 4.3 Check Hall
4.4 Voting System
Elections for the various posts are the important
event of the society. Due the some unavoidable
reasons members in the society are not able to cast
votes. This allows users to cast vote for elections
from anywhere. This reduces the paper work and
reduces the time required for counting the votes.
Fig. 4.1 Admin Control Panel
4.2 Menu Bar
The system separates the users on basis of the level
of the user. User dashboard is displayed as per the
level of the user. Level 0 is for the normal user, Fig.4.4 (a) Manage Nominations
level 1 for the secretary and level 10 for the
administrator. System allows Administrator to
authenticate bills, Manage Candidates for various
designations of the society, allot halls for
celebration etc. Whereas Secretary is allowed to
alter the bills i.e. update the monthly bills. User is
allowed to cast vote and search people in the
society.
Fig.4.4 (b) Voting Panel
Fig.4.2 (a) Admin Menu
4.5 Bill Generation
Bills are generated by the system hence the system
reduces the paper work and produces the bills in
Fig.4.2 (b) Secretary Menu digital form. The system displays whether the bills
are paid or not. The system provides Administrator
to authenticate the bills paid by the user. System
provides a special interface to the Secretary to
update or change the amount charged to the
Fig.4.2 (c) User Menu
members of the society as per the “bye laws” [1], [2],
[3], [4].
4.3 Hall Allocation
Hall allocation module allows the
administrator to manage the booking of hall.
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[4] ‟Sinking Funds‟ means the funds constituted
under the Bye Law No. 13(c).
ONLINE REFERENCE
[5] www.housing-society-management-
software.software.informer.com/1.0/
Fig.4.5 (a) Bill Receipt
Fig. 4.5 (b) Update Bill
V. CONCLUSION
Society management system puts forth the
actual working of a society. Administration, working,
voting, etc. similar to a society are the key features of
our project. User can access feeds and news from the
society anywhere and anytime for their own comfort.
VI. FUTURE SCOPE
This project can be enhanced further by
adding online payment facility for the members to
reduce the extra work of the admin. The software is
flexible enough to be modified and implemented as
per future requirements. We have tried our best to
pre- sent this free and user–friendly website to
Society members. Message and Email alerts for
various happenings in the society can be added to the
system so that users do not miss the updates and
happenings of the society.
REFERENCES
[1] Maharashtra Co-operative Housing Societies
Act; [MCS Act] 1960.
[2] „Reserve Funds‟ means the funds constituted
under the provisions of section 66(1) of the
Act and „Bye law‟ No. 12 (i).
[3] „Repairs and Maintenance Funds‟ means the
fund constituted under the Bye Law No. 13(a).
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