A senior citizen and investor is running from pillar to post to receive a deposit receipt from a company, which is busy ‘thanking’ investors through massive advertising
‘THANK YOU DEPOSITORS’ proclaims a recent, huge advertisement brought out by Jaiprakash Associates Ltd, a Jaypee group company. But the same ad does not mention whether it has issued receipts for depositors.
One such investor, Vidyadhar Radhakrishna Lad, a senior citizen and shareholder of the company, had subscribed for the fixed deposit scheme of Jaiprakash Associates by investing Rs1 lakh. Despite writing to the company and running from pillar to post for two months, Mr Lad has still not received his fixed deposit receipt (FDR).
Mr Lad invested in the fixed deposit scheme of Jaiprakash Associates on 6 October 2009 through a sub-broker, who then submitted the same to the company’s authorised broker RR Investors Capital Services Pvt Ltd. Mr Lad made the payment of Rs1 lakh via cheque number 223232 drawn on HDFC Bank, Ahura Centre branch, Andheri (E), Mumbai 400 093. The broker, RR Investors, has also not responded to Mr Lad’s two emails on this subject.
Mr Lad in his mail to Manoj Gaur, executive chairman, Jaiprakash Associates, wrote, “It would have been better had you added one simple statement ‘FDRs BEING DESPATCHED’ in your advertisement. This would have not only made deposit-holders happy, but (it would have) also impressed the common public who have nothing to do with the company (at present) and who may invest their hard-earned money sometime in (the) future whenever the company needs funds.”
However, the company, in a response to a Moneylife email, said that it received the payment from Mr Lad on 10th October and issued an FDR (number 166884) on the same date. As per the terms and conditions of the scheme, Jaiprakash Associates said it had dispatched the FDR on 7th December through registered post.
Surprisingly, the company said it has not received any mail from neither Mr Lad nor Moneylife on its e-mail id ‘[email protected]’. The question is, why did the company give the same email ID to investors for correspondence?
Several senior citizens like Mr Lad survive on the interest income that they earn from fixed deposits. Companies like Jaiprakash Associates should keep this in mind and at least make sure that they communicate properly with their investors.
Separately, when we tried to reach the company’s website www.jilindia.com through Google, we were warned that this site may harm our computer!
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N. KAPOOR
Name of the Depositer: Annapoorani Rajamanickam
FD Reciept No. 00306963
Investor code. 1185595
Value : 100000( one lakh)
Date of Deposit: 03.11.2011
date of Maturity:02.11.2014
They seem to be still clearing the FDs matured in Nov/Dec 2014.
My Name Sudershana Chary Ananthoju
FDR number - 00435394
DUE - 07/12/2014
Investor Code 1261003
Scheme Cumulative
FD Amount Rs 50000
Maturity Amount Rs 56065.00
JAIPRAKASH ASSOCIATES LTD.
I wrote many mails but no one is responding.When I consulted on phone they are not lifting phone for long times When lifted they are simply saying refund will be given in March 2015. Iam a Sr citizen pl help me in resolving my problem
Thanking you
A Sudershana Chary
FDR number - 00311418.
DUE - 08/11/02014
JAIPRAKASH ASSOCIATES LTD.
I'm going for legal notice. Please I would request everyone to go for legal notice without which you will not get money...
I Muralidhar Lakkanna have already sent my FD through Bajaj Capital Service centre, FD principle amount 2,00,000 (1 lakh x 2 nos.) FD No. 00325458 and 00325459, investor code 1189911 matured on 23 Nov 2014. I request to immediately pay the maturity amount of 290440, as i'm in financial commitment distress now.
Aniruddha
people be secured from attachment by any court of law. May it please be
done by our Honourable Supreme
Court of India or Govt. of India. This
will give life to the dying destitutes.