SCECS ISLAMABAD replied on Monday, April 11, 2011 07:21 PM
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has cancelled the preliminary scrutiny certificate of the Supreme Court Employees Cooperative Society (SCECS) forthwith.
Under the Cooperative Societies Law, the SCECS was issued preliminary security certificate in early 90s after it furnished with the authority evidence for the ownership of 30 percent of the land where housing project was to be carried out.
After obtaining the scrutiny certificate that is considered mandatory for the launch of a housing project in the federal capital, the society was supposed to acquire a compact piece of land measuring 800 kanals within a predetermined period in line with the CDA rules.
But the Society could acquire only scattered pieces of land and that too less than 800 kanals in the given period. And this forced the civic body to withdraw the scrutiny certificate.
In the meantime, the society reportedly sold hundreds of plots to people without issuing proper allotment letters, with allottees knowing nothing about the fate of their money. When contacted, Brig Nusratullah, the CDA member (Planning and Designing), confirmed to The Post the cancellation of the scrutiny certificate to the SCECS.
He cited society’s failure to show acquisition of requisite piece of land for the housing project as the reason for the cancellation of scrutiny certificate. He said the SCECS had got the said certificate in early 90s under the Cooperative Societies Law that bind a housing society to have ownership of 30 percent land where a project is to be launched.
But the law was amended in 2002, he said, adding that according to the amended version of the law, a housing society could get scrutiny certificate from the CDA only after showing 100 percent acquisition of land. He said the amendment had been introduced with an aim to rein in the public exploitation by the fake housing societies.
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