Jubilee Hills MLA Colony reeks of land scam

June 19, 2012 - PRLog -- Major irregularities have allegedly taken place in the allotment of plots in MLA Colony, Jubilee Hills. Even before launching a full-fledged probe, the state govement is leat to have found that a prime piece of land worth about Rs 30 crore was registered in the name of ineligible persons while the land that should have been earmarked for open spaces was sold away by the office-bearers of Sri Venkateshwara Co-operative House Building Society Limited during the past few years.

In another glaring irregularity, a former president of the housing society and a member transferred the ownership of eight plots measuring 2,900 sq yards worth Rs 3 crore to various individuals even after the expiry of their term in December last. Not only that, the department officials discovered that some important documents pertaining to the society, like the minutes book and membership register had gone missing from the society office. Finally, a complaint was lodged with the Central Crime Station a couple of days ago by the Department of Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies.

Sri Venkateshwara Co-operative House Building Society Limited for AP legislators was registered in April 1977 with the objective of building, buying, selling, hiring and developing land in accordance with the cooperative principles and to give loans to members for construction of new buildings and houses. Initially, the society was registered for the benefit of the state legislators but later, it was extended to present and past MPs and MLAs and employees of the AP Legislative Assembly by bringing in an amendment to the by-laws of the society.

The revenue department had allotted about 104 acres to the society for MLA Colony from Jubilee Hills Cooperative House Building Society in Survey No. 403/1 of Shaikpet village and S No. 102/1 of Hakimpet village in February 1982. Initially, 316 plots were allotted to the society members. As of now, 571 plots have been allotted to various members. Official source said there were allegations against some members of the society that plots of original members were transferred to ineligible persons and outsiders, and members having plots and houses elsewhere were also allotted plots without verification. It was also alleged that grave financial and procedural irregularities were committed by the office-bearers of the society.

Based on repeated complaints, the department of cooperation had ordered an inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the MLA Colony land. The main allegation is 40% of the mandatory open spaces and common land of the total 104 acres were either allotted to individuals or occupied by people with the support of some office-bearers of the society.

The district cooperative officer (DCO) of Rangareddy district K Ashok Reddy was appointed inquiry officer by the commissioner of cooperative department a couple of months ago. He could not go ahead with the inquiry as DCO of Hyderabad and person-in-charge of the society Kiranmayee (who was appointed in-charge after the tenure of the elected body of the society ended on Dec 29, 2011), said that some files crucial for the probe were missing.

Divisional cooperative officer of Golconda P Vijayabhaskar Goud, under whose jurisdiction the area falls, has been asked to trace the files a couple of weeks ago. The officer conducted searches in the former secretary of the society Rama Rao's house and found some sale deeds pertaining to the MLA Colony. Further inquiry by the officer revealed that former president of the society K Prabhakar Reddy and one member had registered eight plots in the colony on Dec 31, 2011 even after the expiry of their term.

Officials said three plots (Nos 10/E/8, 10/E/9, and 149/A/B/1) with an extent of 300, 300 and 600 sq yards respectively were registered in the name of D Srinivasa Rao, two plots with an extent of 300 sq yards each (Nos 10/E/7 and 10/E/6) were registered in the name of Ch Rama Devi, another plot 600 sq yards (10/E/10) was registered in the name of Janga Raghavender, another 300 sq yards (10/E/11) was registered in the name of Smt Varalakshmi and one more plot of 200 sq yards (70/A) was transferred to K Pratap Reddy.

"These plots were registered after expiry of their tenure which is illegal and the transactions are invalid. We have lodged a complaint with the CCS police on the directions of the commissioner against former president Prabhakar Reddy and another former member K Satyanarayana," P Vijaya Bhaskar Goud told TOI. Person in-charge of the society Kiranmayee asked joint sub-registrar of Shaikpet to provide all details of transactions made in the colony for past few years which are yet to be provided by registrations department.

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