LMD recovers Rs 25000 fine for violators

Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Oct 10: Intensifying its drive to protect the consumers from exploitation by the unscrupulous traders, a team of Legal Metrology Department, headed by Assistant Controller Legal Metrology Ajay Kumar, conducted an extensive market checking in Udhampur and adjoining areas.
During inspection, packages of Stellar Mathematical Drawing Instrument box Marketed by the M/s A W Faber Castell (India) Private Limited Andheri East Mumbai was seized from stationery shop for not mentioning the MRP on the package.
A notice was served to the management of the company and after going through a number of correspondences, the Legal advisor of the company admitted the discrepancies and pleaded for guilty. On the request of management of the company and with the assurance not to repeat the same the discrepancies in future, the booked challan was compounded and penalty of Rs 25000 was imposed on the company.