Representative image MUMBAI: Observing that when a leakage is external, it is the responsibility of the co-operative housing society to fix it, a magistrate’s court convicted a society in Chembur and its chairman and secretary, directing them to pay a fine of Rs 10,000 each for ignoring a shop owner’s request to repair the damage for almost a decade. The fine imposed was the maximum under the law and the court said the leakage would have to be fixed within two months, failing which they would face action, reports Rebecca Samervel. Atul Cooperative Housing Society, its chairman Arun Baghchi and secretary Alok Sarkar were booked under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act on a complaint from Purnachandra Dasgupta, a resident who owned 3 shops that faced the problem of heavy leakage.