The traders of Deans Commercial Centre (DCC), Peshawar, have asked the management to issue possession letter of the shop to the shopkeepers, warning if it failed to meet the demand they would use all options to secure their legitimate rights.
Speaking at a news conference here at Peshawar Press Club (PPC), President, Deans Traders & Professional Association, Shamul Rahim Afridi, said that the company failed to issue possession letters to them despite the passage of 11 years of the agreement. He said that they had already invested millions in different businesses, but the company had not yet transferred ownership rights to the traders.
Ironically, he said, the Commercial Centre was lacking development map. He alleged that the trade centre was owned by eleven influential persons, due to it the government was hesitating in taking action against their illegal steps. He claimed that the management has collected additional Rs 25,000 per shop as development charges, which was totally against law and regulation.
He added that the management had again charged Rs 90,000 on the pretext of registry in 2009. He informed that a sum of Rs 64 million was pending with the management of the Centre under the head of registry, which was a major hurdle in issuance of possession letters. According to the agreement, he said, the management is bound to provide possession letters to the traders after 40 months of the agreement, but the letters were not yet issued despite the passage of 11 years.
He expressed grave concern over suspension of power supply to the shops during daytime to provide electricity facility to wedding halls in the centre. He urged Chief Minister Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Ameer Haider Khan Hoti and Governor Barrister Masood Kauser to intervene for amicable resolution of the issue, otherwise they would protest against the management.
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