SAMBA, AUGUST 5: A team of Legal Metrology Department today
charged Rs 29100 fine from erring traders during extensive checking of various
business establishments at Vijaypur, Ramgarh, BariBrahmna Lala Chack, Border
Road Samba and adjoining areas.
More than 100 traders of different business establishments like
Provisional stores, Karyana shops, LPG Gas Agencies, Atta Chacki, Fertilizers
stores, General Stores,Bakery units, Poultry sellers, welding Work, Hardware
stores, Sweet shops, Rice Mills , Industrial units were inspected for
their Compliance with regard to various provisions of J&K Standard of
weights and Measures Enforcement Act 2011(Am6ended) and packages Commodities
rules .
The team also conducted surprise inspection at C&F store of Indian
Tobacco Company Baribrahmna Godown with regard to MRP and other provisions of Legal
Metrology Packages Commodities Rules after implementation of GST. Invoices of
various products of Indian Tobacco Company were also checked by the team.
In all 16 challans of traders were booked for violations of various provisions
of J&K Weights & Measures Enforcement Act 2011(amended), Packages
Commodities Rules 2011 and other prevailing Legal metrology Laws and Rules.
On the request and assurance of traders not to repeat the same
discrepancies as per the Act and Rules in future, all the Booked Challans were
compounded by imposing the penalty of Rs 29100 on the these traders.
The team was headed by Ajay Kumar Verma, Assistant Controller Legal
Metrology Samba and Mohsin Khateeb Inspector.
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