Kathmandu Metropolitan City issues 7-day ultimatum to 8 cooperatives that fail to pay maintenance fees

The metropolis has stated that if the cooperative's officials or employees do not contact them within the specified time, the city will vacate the premises itself as per the decision of the judicial committee.

Magh 22, 2082

Kantipur Reporter

Kathmandu Metropolitan City issues 7-day ultimatum to 8 cooperatives that fail to pay maintenance fees

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Kathmandu Metropolitan City has published a public notice giving 8 cooperative organizations time to pay their house rent within 7 days.

The notice issued by the Department of Law and Human Rights states, ‘Among the decisions made by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Judicial Committee to vacate the houses and rooms rented by cooperative organizations, this notice has been published in accordance with the decision made in the meeting of the Decision Implementation Committee on 15/10/2082.’

‘Officers (Directors Committee, Accounts Supervision Committee), employees and members of the cooperative organizations whose details are in the notice should contact the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Law and Human Rights Department within 7 days from the date of publication of this notice. If the officers, employees and members of the cooperative organizations do not contact within the specified time, the houses and rooms rented by the cooperative will be vacated as per the decision of the Judicial Committee,’ the notice states, ‘While vacating the said houses and rooms, the goods of the cooperative office will be given to the concerned landlord. Later, it is also informed through this notice that no claim will be filed regarding the property and belongings of the cooperative.’

Among the cooperatives whose names have been made public are Asha Savings and Loan Cooperative Limited in Ward No. 31, Ward No. 6, the Nawa Sawal and Sandup Cooperatives Limited, the Suntakhal Savings and Loan Cooperatives Limited, the Unified Savings and Loan Cooperatives Limited, the Ward No. 17. Similarly, the Mahabouddha Savings and Loan Cooperatives Limited, the Great Gangasagar Savings and Credit Cooperatives Limited, the Ward No. 32, and the Primary Savings and Loan Cooperatives Limited, the Ward No. 10. 

If the officers or employees of the cooperatives do not contact within the specified time, the metropolis itself will vacate the premises as per the decision of the judicial committee. While vacating the premises, the furniture, computers and other office equipment will be handed over to the concerned landlord.

The metropolis is receiving applications from landlords after the operators locked the offices without paying rent for a long time and absconded. In the process of taking action to settle such applications, the metropolis has issued a public notice and has taken this process forward. 

Complaints about cooperatives received by the Metropolitan Municipality include issues such as not returning savings, not returning shares, deducting too much tax from savings, not paying attention to the letters sent by the department, directors risking their savings as they are about to flee, not holding a general meeting on time and informing about the security of their money, and closing offices.

Complaints registered with the Cooperative Department are related to board members, savers, debtors, homeowners, and employees. Problems such as not transferring, not doing it, not wanting to do it, not paying loans, not all directors being active, savers being stressed, not knowing that they are directors, resigning from the post office and not taking responsibility for the office are problems of the directors. 

The problems of homeowners with cooperatives are also complex. Their main complaints are that the cooperative has not paid rent, has kept the office for a long time, has not informed whether the office is operating, and the structure of their houses has been destroyed when savers came and vandalized the office. 

Kantipur

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