Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, Dec 2: Legal Metrology Department booked two prominent hotels here today for over charging on the packaged items.
Acting swiftly on the consumer complaint regarding over charging on the packaged items by the hotels and restaurants at holy town of Katra, a team of Legal Metrology Department under the supervision of Assistant Controller LMD Reasi Kuldeep Raj inspected various hotels and restaurants.
During the inspection, one of the leading hotels, named Country Inn was found selling packaged drinking water bottles (brand name Kinley, 1 litre) to the consumers at the rate of Rs 82.60 against MRP of Rs 19 with the excess amount of Rs 63.60.
Shops inside the hotel Country Inn were also found selling packaged dry fruits and other items without mandatory declarations required under packaged Commodities Rules 2011. Other defective material was also seized by the Inspector LMD Reasi Vicky Sharma on the spot.
Later, the Legal Metrology team also booked hotel The White Vaishano Devi Katra for over charging one litre Kinley water bottle by Rs 59 against the MRP of Rs 19 thereby looting Rs 40 extra from the consumers.
Notice for violation of various provisions of Jammu and Kashmir Legal Metrology Act and Packaged Commodities Rules 2011 were served to the defaulters and the management of the hotels was directed to attend the office of the Assistant Controller Legal Metrology Reasi for further legal action warranted under rules.
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