Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 12: Former MLA R S Pathania has served a legal notice upon the Commissioner/Secretary Power Development Department seeking compensation of Rs 20 lakh as damages for defaming him as defaulter on account of electricity arrears.
The legal notice has been served through Advocate Ajaz Iqbal Parihar in response to the disconnection notice published in newspaper and revealing R S Pathania’s name as a defaulter besides showing wrong amount to be recovered from him.
Explaining that the bill amounting to Rs 15,40,303 is mostly on account usage of earlier allottees and the interest thereof, the legal notices further says that not even a single Dasti notice was issued to Pathania by PDD before publishing his name as defaulter, which has tarnished image of former MLA in the eyes of public.
“It is accordingly called upon you to pay a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to my client (R S Pathania) as damages for defaming him on account of wrongful act of your department failing which, I will initiate legal proceedings against you in the appropriate court of law,” the legal notice reads.
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