Consumer court slaps fine on Postal Department

ITANAGAR: A district consumer court in Arunachal has imposed a fine on the postal department for negligence of duty in delivering an importa...

ITANAGAR: A district consumer court in Arunachal has imposed a fine on the postal department for negligence of duty in delivering an important document to a customer.

The court in East Siang district has directed the post and telegraph department to pay Rs 20,000 as compensation to Ratul Paboh of Oyan, who could not attend the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) preliminary examination because the department failed to deliver a letter on time.

The letter, which was posted at Itanagar on December 12, 2009, was delivered to Paboh on March 25, 2010, after four months, a source said here on Thursday. Paboh's residence at Oyan is only 26 km from the post office at Pasighat,

The district consumer forum headed by deputy commissioner Nidhi Srivastava also directed authorities of the SBI's Pasighat branch to pay Rs 5,000 to a local businessman, who had lodged a complaint of short receipt of money while withdrawing money from an ATM, the source said.

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