Aligarh Municipal Corporation sent a bill of thousands to Mahendra Nagar Hanumanpuri of Aligarh without water connection. The matter was taken to the consumer forum court. The bill was rejected in the forum.
In a case related to water price bill in Mahendra Nagar Hanumanpuri area of Aligarh, the Consumer Forum court has ordered to cancel the bill. This order has been given in the petition filed against the Municipal Commissioner and GM Water in the case of sending bills without water connection. The order has been pronounced jointly by the bench of District Consumer Court Chairman Justice Hasnain Qureshi, member Alok Upadhyay and Purnima Singh.
This petition was filed on behalf of Shankarlal of Mahendra Nagar Hanumanpuri. In which it was said that there is no water connection here since 2014 and no pipeline has been laid for drinking water supply in the area. Despite this, a bill of Rs 11669 was sent to his house from the Municipal Corporation level. In this case, Municipal Commissioner and GM Water were made accused and a request was made to cancel the bill and pay compensation etc.
It was argued on behalf of the Municipal Corporation that there was a connection at Shankarlal's place, the bill for the same has been sent. On this, evidence was presented on behalf of Shankar Lal that during the construction of the road in 2014, the connection was cut and the laid pipeline was uprooted. After this there is no connection and no pipeline is in the area. Considering this as the basis, the court has ordered to repeal the bill. Also warned that if the order is not followed, a case will be registered.
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