Locker holders also urged to take custody of their valuables
THE GOAN NETWORK
MAPUSA
Offering a last and final opportunity to depositors who are yet to stake claim on their deposits, the Mapusa Urban Cooperative Bank (MUCB) has requested the account holders/depositors to submit their claims before March 31.
The MUCB has also urged the locker holders to take custody of their valuables from the lockers within the same time period.
“In the interest of natural justice, one last and final opportunity is given to depositors to submit their claims, duly filled in the depositors claim form on or before March 31. The depositors claim form and details of how and where submission can be made as well as the documents to attach and procedure for verification of documents is given on bank website www. mapusaurbanbank.com,” said Anthony de Sa, Liquidator of the bank in a public notice.
The notice further said all locker holders were asked to surrender lockers and take custody of their valuables on or before August 15, 2020.
“Those who have not yet taken custody of their valuables are hereby given a final chance to do so, on or before March 31, failing which the bank shall not be responsible,” the liquidator said.
The MUCB has been under liquidation since April 16, 2020 and the process to settle depositors claim started soon thereafter.
The then liquidator had issued a public notice under Rule 28 (b) of the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Rules, 2002 on July 20, 2020 calling upon all account holders to submit their claims within two months.
Several claimants staked claim of their deposits and even got their refunds but some depositors have still not submitted their claims and therefore the fresh notice was issued giving them a final chance.
Rs 35 crore yet to be claimed
THE GOAN NETWORK
MAPUSA
The General Manager of the Mapusa Urban Cooperative Bank (MUCB), Shailendra Sawant on Tuesday informed that an amount to the tune of Rs 35 crores is yet to be claimed by the depositors of the bank.
A total of 80,500 depositors/account holders are supposed to claim that amount.
So far, the bank has settled Rs 242 crores as claim amount belonging to 32,000 applicants while the total deposits with the bank was Rs 356.07 crores belonging to 1,12, 425 depositors.
Sawant also informed that 1,153 claimants are having deposits of more than Rs 5 lakh totaling to around Rs 72 crore which will be settled later.
“We request the depositors/account holders to take the benefit of the two month extension and claim their deposits and valuables stored in the bank lockers,” Sawant said.
He said once the extension period ends no one will be able to stake claim for their deposits or the valuables.
