The Joint Registrar and District Cooperative Officer, Hyderabad, has ordered a statutory inquiry into alleged irregularities identified in the 2025-26 special audit report of the Journalists Cooperative Housing Society Ltd.
Published Date – 7 November 2026, 11:04 PM
Hyderabad: Joint Registrar and District Cooperative Officer, Hyderabad, has ordered a statutory inquiry into irregularities at Journalists Cooperative Housing Society Ltd identified in the 2025-26 special audit report. The Joint Registrar accordingly issued an official order, Rc No. 01/2026-Inquiry, on November 3, 2026.
An assistant registrar of cooperative societies who issued the orders has been appointed as the inquiry officer and will conduct the statutory inquiry, submitting a comprehensive report within 90 days of receiving the proceedings.
The Joint Registrar also clearly stated in the orders that the Journalists Cooperative Housing Society should furnish information and records, including copies of the registration certificate, the latest by-laws and subsequent amendments if any, details of the present Managing Committee, including names and designations of office bearers, copies of general body and Managing Committee meeting proceedings, original bank mandates, details of income tax payments, details of payments made to the Chartered Accountant, complete details of NOC collections, cash books, ledgers, general receipts, and expenditure statements, details of custody and maintenance of the original records of the society, copies of the special audit report for 2025-26 and action taken by the society on the audit observations, any objections, representations or correspondence submitted by the President or Managing Committee regarding bank operations and financial transactions and any other relevant records, documents or explanations concerning the irregularities pointed out in the special audit report, on or before November 10, 2026, without fail.
