Excelsior Correspondent
REASI, Apr 13: Keeping a pace with the enforcement work, the field officers of Legal Metrology Department (LMD), Reasi geared up their inspections in whole Katra area to watch and protect the interest of consumers.
The team headed by Assistant Controller LMD Reasi, Rajesh Heera paid surprise checking of various business establishments especially wholesale dealers, karyana shops, bakery shops, bhaint shops at Katra main Bazar, Ban Ganga road, Bus stand and its adjoining areas.
Two traders were booked under relevant provisions of weighs and Measures Act/ Packaged Commodity Rules for violations like less use of defective/ uncertified Weighing & Measuring instruments, non-adherence to mandatory declarations like MRP/PKD and other information on the goods which are being packed in the absence of purchaser.
On pleading guilty, the offences were compounded for a sum of Rs 16000 as composition money with the assurance that the offences will not be repeated in future, failing which their cases will be sent to the court of law for stringent action.
The department also Booked one gas agency for violation of various provisions of J&K weighs and Measures Enforcement Act 1997 and the case was compounded for Rs 10,000 by the Assistant Controller Legal Metrology Reasi.
All the traders were also directed to use only verified weighs and Measures for business transactions and display MRP, PKD, Net Contents and complete address and Consumer care Number on the Commodities to be sold in packaged form.
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