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HYDERABAD: Several irregularities in the allotment of plots to outsiders and juniors allegedly came to light in an inquiry into the activities of the TNGOs Housing Society by joint cooperative registrar N Kiranmayee. These land allotments were made by TNGO leaders K Swamy Goud and Devi Prasad, the inquiry officer has surmised.Describing this as a scam bigger than Emaar, the Joint Struggle Committee (JSC) of Unions of Telangana Officers, Employees, Teachers and Workers demanded a CBI enquiry into it. The committee said 776 plots were sold illegally.The JSC said the state government gave 160 acres of land at Gachibowli free of cost to the TNGOs Housing Society for allotment to government employees. Alleging irregularities by Goud and the board of directors of the housing society, the JSC approached the High Court, which directed the state government to investigate and asked chief secretary Pankaj Dwivedi to submit a compliance report by June 14. The inquiry officer found several discrepancies in the way the society processed allotment applications. Irregularities Alleged in TNGOs Plot AllotmentsThe report said there was no record as to whom applications were issued. Morevover, applications were not received in the same series, admission numbers were not allotted, many blanks were left in the admission register, and some of the members have been given land going by admission numbers.As per the orders in force, an employee would be eligible to only one plot but a verification of the members list of other societies in the area showed that some members benefited twice.The society collected admission fee, share capital, land development charges and construction charges from members in two accounts at the State Bank of Hyderabad but failed to issue receipts to the members. Further, the society failed to adhere to government orders while entrusting work to contractors. As per the society’s byelaw no. 41(i), transfer of plots to another member or non-member should not be permitted except to legal heirs by inheritance. But the allotment records showed that even members who had taken applications at a later date were allotted a plot in Phase-1, whereas Phase-1 plots should have been allotted only to the first 700 eligible members. Since plots are not registered in favour of the members, it is not possible to transfer the allotment to other members. As such this sort of allotment of plots in a jumbling manner was not proper, the probe found.The society failed to allot admission numbers in a serial order. Any society has to allot plots as per the approved layout. But as per the records, the society undertook a draw of plots for Phase 1 and 2 prior to approval of the layout by the competent authority. The society also failed to get an eligible list prepared by the GAD deputy secretary in consultation with the additional registrar of cooperative societies.It also allegedly allotted plots to employees residing outside the area of operation against the government orders and byelaws and failed to maintain the required registers as per Section 26 of the APMACS Act and byelaw no. 44. The society failed to maintain uniformity while collecting development charges among the members belonging to same phase. The outlasy was not properly prepared. JSC chairman T Prabhakar, secretary general E Venkatesham, co-chairmen G Vekateshwarlu and J Ravinder Reddy were among those who addressed the pressc onference.
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