Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Mar 26: Acting on a complaint, Legal Metrology Department, Kathua and Sub-District Administration Billawar today raided a private school in Phinter and seized book sale counter, opened in the school premises by a Jammu based book seller.
Various stationary items were not carrying mandatory declarations such as MRP, number of pages on notebooks, size, name and address of publisher etc.
The Inspector Legal Metrology Dayalachak Pritam Salaria booked the School Management under relevant Act and rules. The Asstt Controller Legal Metrology Kathua Jaideep Singh Sambyal, on the undertaking given by School management that it will not violate any of the provisions of the law, compounded the case and imposed a fine of Rs 50000.
The LMD team also appealed the managements of all private schools to desist from such kind of practices and asked the parents to approach the department in case of any complaint in this regard.
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