STATE TIMES NEWS
SAMBA: A team of Legal Metrology Department on Saturday charged Rs 29,100 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 Chaki, fertilisers 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 and K Standard of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act 2011 (Amended) and Packages Commodities Rules.
In all 16 Challans of traders were booked for violations of various provisions of J and K Weights and 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 29,100 on the these traders.
