In a meeting to review revenue collection from various departments on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner Manoj Kumar reprimanded the officials of weights and measures department regarding inspection of the weights and electronic scales being used in shops across the city and the process employed to verify the measure of their accuracy.
Kumar ordered the officials, accompanied by a magistrate, to inspect five shops and five petrol pumps on the same day and submit a report of accuracy of the scales being used in these institutions. The inspection team was instructed to check the seals on petrol pumps to ensure that they have not been tampered with.
DC instructed mining department to conduct continuous raids and hand over the gathered amount to treasury on time. Regarding the revenue of `32 crore collected by registration department against the targeted amount of `59.22 crore for this month, DC asked them to better their performance so that the targeted revenue can be collected.
Transport department was asked to expedite the pending applications for registration and license to increase the revenue from the achieved mark of `49.79 crore. DC Kumar asked District Transport Officer to conduct campaigns to check the vehicles with non-commercial numbers being used for commercial purposes.
Excise department was instructed to conduct more raids on business institutions and acquire a police force solely for this if needed. Commercial taxes department, Special Zone was asked to conduct special campaigns to achieve the missed target of `101 crore. West zone came on top in the commercial taxes department with revenue collection worth `115 crore whereas the target was of `112.39 crore.