Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 3: Register Cooperative Societies, who is supposed to be guardian of cooperative societies' in state, has thrown the rules into dustbin as he has installed one more chairman at Sainik Cooperative House Building Society (SCHBS).
Sources informed Early Times that in September 2015, four directors of the management committee of SCHBS, without any prior notice and with backing and apparent instigation of Registrar co-op societies J&K, sprung a surprise on the Chairman and other two directors that they want to elect new chairman. The chairman along with directors left the office as it had been crowded then to avoid any untoward situation.
"In the meantime and in absence of the Chairman, the rebel directors appointed themselves and in the meanwhile a Deputy Registrar was found rushed to chairman's office to give his official support to the new installed chairman", alleged one of the director SCHBS, adding that the rebel four directors didn't have the two third majority, required under the Act to remove the chairman and hence the move failed but the new unlawfully installed chairman, has taken the post.
However, the legally elected chairman had contacted the Registrar and apprised him of the facts but, the registrar for obvious reasons just marked time.
"After lapse of some weeks the Registrar issued a show-cause notice, which stated as to why he shouldn't make alternative arrangements as the management is apparently unable to function followed by visit to colony office where he was told by both groups that they couldn't work together", the director said.
He further said that, inexplicably thereafter, rather than dissolving the management, appointing an administrator and arranging for fresh elections, the Registrar issued an order without specifying any authority under the co-op Act to appoint a committee himself without removing the incumbent chairman.
"However, the matter is pending before the tribunal awaiting verdict. But in the interregnum, lot of property is being transferred to unentitled persons, involving several crores of black money changing hands with criminal involvement of the management, and patronage of Registrar and others in authority including the leaders and the concerned minister", he added. |
