Housing Minister Dr Ali Haider Ahmed has said that the process of handing over flats to eligible beneficiaries under the 'Gedhoruveriyaa' scheme will begin only after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) shares the details of the investigation.

In a video released by the Housing Ministry on X today, Minister Haider said the ACC, in its last press conference, had said that 20 percent of the forms had problems and they did not meet the criteria for flats.

The Housing Ministry held a meeting with the ACC, in which it was requested to provide details of the investigation conducted by ACC in the flat case, the Minister said.

"We are trying our best to ensure that the process of handing over flats to all eligible beneficiaries can continue at the earliest. But we can take it only when we get those details," Minister Haider said.

At a press conference on Monday, ACC said the portal had received over 20,000 complaints for the permanent list through the portal in the flat case, of which 4,048 forms were checked.

The percentage of forms that met the criteria and had no problems was 20.7%, and the percentage of forms with problems even if the criteria was met was 19.7%, which is approximately 1,600 flats.

According to the agency, 59.6 per cent of the applications were not eligible, which is around 2,400 flats.

According to the ACC, most of the non-eligible forms are those that are considered to have met the criteria based on a document issued by the island council authorities to prove that they are residing in male' city.

The process of allotment of 4,000 flats announced under the 'Gedhoruveriyaa' scheme was also stopped by the ACC following allegations of misuse in awarding points to the applicants.

Since then, the probe has been stalled for a long time after the Housing Ministry denied permission to access the relevant portal, but after the ministry granted access, the agency started its investigation in the case in early December and allowed the process of allotment of flats.