Transferring property to the legal heirs can often be a complicated and confusing process, especially in cases where the owner is deceased. Then you have managing committees in a society, who sometimes refuse to transfer the flat without a succession certificate.
Housing societies cannot always be the trouble-free utopias that we imagine them to be, as they do have their own share of woes and problems. Some problems can be resolved by a discussion with the managing committee, but for more complicated issues, one may have to approach the appropriate authorities such as the municipal corporation, deputy registrar for co-operative societies, consumer court or even the police.