Chandigarh Administration: One Step forward- Two Steps Backwards

Chandigarh dated 17th March, 2009.

Chandigarh Administration having mooted transfer policy for transfer of the flat/share in the name of General Power of Attorney holders is acting one step forward and two steps backward. The policy has empowered the existing management committees in the societies to take action of the course of transfer.

A few of them have come forward and have taken steps whereby the flats till now standing in the names of the original allottees are being transferred in the name of the holders of the GPA. This is beig done was desired by me in my representations to the high ups of the administration and Local MP and Minister of State for Finance, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal.

However, some black sheep management committees are yet sitting on the transfer policy and denying the transfer on the name of the GPA holder on one pretext or the other. The matter that has since been brought to the notice of the Secretary Cooperative and the RCS Chandigarh for giving directions to such of the society management to expedite the process.

This has been sought as  the administration has put a cut out date i.e. 30 May for whereby societies should inform the RCS of the transfer process and change of flats on the names of the GPAs. Names of such transferees so received shall be included in the electoral list of the societies. This will enable such transferees to participate in the managing affairs of the Society. On transfer of flat in the name of the GPA he shall be eligible to vote and contest in the election to the managing bodies.

Such black sheep managing committees in the societies are either reluctant to induct new members to play shots in the society on the basis of old electoral rolls that constitute majority of allottees who have since sold flats on the GPA instrument or simply avoid process to keep the GPA holder in a hapless situation as he was earlier in.

Shocking viewpoints are advanced by such managing committees, which are against the soul of the notification of 2nd March, 2009 and are being strongly resisted by the GPAs of the respective society.

Administration should initiate immediate steps to check such societies and evolve a working solution for hassle free transfer in the societies, otherwise administration would be going one-step forward and two steps backward. Providing relief by notification (One-step forward), and taking no precautions to ensure proper implementation of the policy (two steps backwards).

Satish Chandra Sharma

General Secretary

Chandigarh Social Welfare Council

Email: sharma.ambakripa@gmail.com

Cell: 9888 255 128

A Post Graduate in Economics from University of Delhi and a Social activist now. Presently as General Secretary of Chandigarh Social Welfare Council, an NGO, am working in the field of up gradation of infrastructure and regularization of the General Power of Attorney holders in cooperative housing societies at Chandigarh.At my initiative, Chandigarh Administration has done a re-look into the matter raised by me. The rules sought to be applied till now have been observed as "repealed" by the JSF, Chandigarh Administration, yet some of the junior level functionaries are passing on the matter to their seniors in a mechanical manner and hence the woes of the hapless GPAs have yet to be redressed by the Administration. I shall continue writing on the subject and every subsequent article shall endeavor to bring out the anamolied

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