TS Govt decides to dispose of all assets of Rajiv Swagruha

Hyderabad: The Telangana Government on Tuesday decided to dispose of all assets of Telangana Rajiv Swagruha Corporation by conducting an open auction on an "as is where is" basis. A High Power Committee of Secretaries has been constituted to work out the modalities for disposal.

The Housing Department issue GO Rt. No. 20 on Tuesday giving background details for the decision.

The then undivided Andhra Pradesh Government, considering the need of providing affordable housing to the Urban Middle Class in the State had announced a Housing Programme by the name 'Rajiv Swagruha' and accordingly vide G.O. Ms. No. 18 issued on July 6, 2007, incorporated a Government Company in the name of Andhra Pradesh Rajiv Swagruha Corporation Limited (APRSCL) under the Companies Act, 1956, to implement the housing scheme. Accordingly, the new Housing programme 'Rajiv Swagruha' was launched in all Municipalities and Municipal Corporations in the State. The Corporation had ambitiously planned for 32 projects, consisting of about 46,565 units to construct about 4 crore sft., with an estimated cost of about Rs. 8,504 crores.

Twenty Housing projects with a project cost of Rs.6301.01 Crores were grounded in between 2008 to 2011 by mobilizing bank loans. In the year 2011, Rajiv Swagruha faced a severe financial crisis and all operations came to standstill. A bailout package was recommended by a group of Ministers and a High Power Committee headed by Chief Secretary. Accordingly, G.O. Ms. No. 11dated June 22, 2013 was issued. A decision was taken to stop the works in "as is where is condition" and agreements with the contractors were foreclosed. By that time, an amount of Rs.1621.26 Crores had been spent on projects, which were all shut down. All projects are hence incomplete and unfit for occupation in its current stage.

On the formation of the Telangana State, the Rajiv Swagruha Corporation cleared bank loans along with interest by paying Rs. 1071.39 Crores with the support of State Government and released all projects from the mortgage.

On December 21, 2016, the Telangana Government issued GO Rt No 201 to allot the finished and semi-finished flats at Bandlaguda, Pocharam Projects to the Government employees with certain guidelines.

In superseding the orders issued vide G.O. 201, the State Government has decided to dispose of all the assets of Telangana Rajiv Swagruha Corporation including the properties at Bandlaguda and Pocharam by conducting an open auction in a fair and transparent manner. The auction will be conducted in an " as is where is" basis, duly fixing the upset price by taking the recommendations of a reputed consulting firm who is well-acquainted with the real estate market.

To work out the modalities for disposal of all assets of Telangana Rajiv Swagruha Corporation, Government has constituted a High Power Committee of Secretaries headed by Special Chief Secretary Chitra Ramchandran. The other members of the Committee are Principal Secretaries K. Ramakrishna Rao (Finance) and Aravind Kumar (Municipal Administration & Urban Development).