Hyderabad: The state government, which was tight-lipped about the grave irregularities in the Jubilee Hills- based Filmnagar Cooperative Housing Society Limited, is going ahead with elections to the society.
The Registrar of Cooperative Societies will display the voters list at the society’s office in Filmnagar on Sunday, initiating the first major step for the polls scheduled on January 25 next year, ignoring core issues like irregularities in allotment of plots and fake membership, among others.
The society is being run by a person-in-charge, who superseded the management, for the past two years. When contacted, the registrar, Sandeep Kumar Sultania, said the polls were being conducted by District Cooperative Officer (DCO).
“We will display the list of eligible and ineligible members. If anyone has any objection, they are free to lodge a complaint against such a member. We will inquire and take action. The elections will be held as per schedule,” said D. Rajesham, in charge DCO, told this newspaper here on Saturday.
When questioned about the report, additional registrar of Cooperative Societies, Dr. N. Kiranmayee, who found grave irregularities in allotment of plots and membership, both of which have been awarded to people unrelated to film industry, parried it by stating that the list of members will be on public domain.
There are about 500 members. Dr. N. Kiranmayee, former district cooperative officer, Hyderabad Urban and presently Additional Registrar of Cooperative societies, conducted a thorough inquiry and found that nearly 50 percent of the members in the society are ineligible. Some are carrying fake certificates identifying them as producers, artists, technicians, film studio owners (?), distributors, exhibitors, among others.
Dr. Kiranmayee recommended the registrar of cooperative societies to order a CBI or Vigilance or Enforcement Department probe into the irregularities. A year has elapsed since the report has been submitted, yet no action has been taken to tackle the issue. “It is observed that the government has allotted land to the film
industry personnel but as of today many members who are not from the film industry have been admitted as members,” Dr. Kiranmayee remarked in her report. “The membership files show that many documents have been forged and are fake. They are in the names of persons unrelated to the film industry,” she added.
In the meanwhile, Dr. Kiranmayee was shifted to Markfed and has now been brought back to the parent department. “How can they conduct elections when the memberships of some are fake? Many used fake certificates to obtain membership and plots against norms,” resented Ravi Prakash, a member of the society.
