The Haryana government has constituted a commission under a retired IAS officer, SP Sharma, to resolve longstanding disputes pertaining to membership and assets of the Saraswati Kunj Cooperative Society, Wazirabad, Gurgaon.
Other members of the commission include the additional deputy commissioner, the district town planner and the deputy registrar of cooperative societies, Gurgaon. The office of the commission will be located in Gurgaon.
Saraswati Kunj Cooperative Society, situated in Sector 54, is spread across 656 acres. The society was formed in 1985 and has, since then, remained mired in controversy. The registry of plots started way back in 2001. It has 11,500 members and its construction map is yet to be cleared by the authorities. Electricity, water, roads and sewer lines continue to be major problems in the society.
Sharma told City Spidey that the job of the commission will be to sort out membership-related issues and probe the eligibility criterion for membership or claims to a plot. The parameters for approving membership will finally be decided by the state government.
He said the commission will also ascertain the authenticity of the assets within the society - the total land and the total amount of bank deposits made by individuals claiming to be members.
Generating wide publicity through newspapers, Sharma adds, the commission will invite the claimants to the plots or their representatives within a stipulated time period.
He said the commission will have the power to summon any officer, agent, servant or member of the society it thinks can provide information on its financial transactions or the management of its affairs. The tenure of the commission will be three months, which could be extended by the government, if required.
