Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has initiated legal proceedings against those cooperative housing societies that have been using the power development authority’s name unlawfully. According to a statement issued on Wednesday, the power development authority has been approaching all legal forums including Registrar Cooperative Housing Societies and FIA to curb this practice. The statement says that WAPDA, a statutory body corporate established under WAPDA Act 1958, publicly renounces its association, nexus, and direct or indirect affiliation with any cooperative housing society, except WAPDA Town Cooperative Housing Society (Phase I and II), situated in Lahore, which is authorised to use the name of WAPDA. As such, the unlawful and illegal use of a registered name i.e. the power development authority, for other housing societies or projects, by any other entity or person, amounts to a gross misrepresentation.

Therefore, the power development authority cannot be held responsible for liabilities, if any, that may be raised by the public, pursuant to investment in such rogue, illegal, and unlawful societies, the statement further says. The housing societies, using WAPDA’s name unlawfully and illegally include Employees Cooperative Society, Islamabad, Employees Cooperative  Society Ltd, Multan, Employees Cooperative Society, Gujranwala, Employees Cooperative Society Ltd, Faisalabad, Employees Cooperative Society Ltd, Sargodha, Employees Cooperative  Society Ltd, Sheikhupura, Employees Cooperative Society Ltd, Kasur, Employees Cooperative Society Ltd, Peshawar,  Employees Cooperative Society Ltd, Quetta, Employees Society, Karachi, Workers and Officers Cooperative Society, Hyderabad, Employees Cooperative Society, KIP, Karachi, Employees Cooperative Society, (Southern Zone), WAPDA City Faisalabad and WAPDA City Gujranwala.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan