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Collection ol Toriff ond Chorges :- (l) The monthly woter bill sholl be prepored by the Executive Engineer or ony other officer outhorized by him ond sholl be served to the consumer within 7 (seven) doys. (2) The monthly woter chorges sholl be poyoble in the office of the Executive Engineer or ony other officer quthorized by him within the stipuloted time, to be refleded in the bill which will normolly not exceed 30 (thirty) doys from the dote of issue of the bill. (3) Simple interest ot the rote of l8% per onnum on totol omount due for eoch month sholl be levied if not poid within the stipuloted period. (4) ln cose ony consumer is in defoult of poyment o{ woter chorges for three consecutive months, the deportment sholl serve o notice in Form-V with woter bill including interest os stoted in sub-section (3) obove. The consumer sholl cleor the bill within 15 doys from the dote of receipt of the notice. lf no poyment is mode within I 5 doys os stipuloted, the house connection sholl be lioble Ior disconnection. ln the event of reconnection being given to the defoulting consumer, the cost of reconnection os estimoted by the deportment ond the connection fee of t 500 olong with pending omount sholl hove to be poid by the de{oulting consumer in odvonce. ln cose due to some other reoson, the bill is not reoched to the consumer within the stipuloted time, it will be the duty of the consumer to enquire obout the missing bill from the office of the Executive Engineer or the outhorized officer os the cose moy be, ond collect o duplicote bill. (5) The omount reolized towords woter supply chorges by the Executive Engineer/Sub- Divisionol Officer, Public Heolth Engineering ond Woter Supply Deportment or ony other outhorized officer os the cose moy be, should be deposited in the Treosury under oppropriote Heod of Account within 7 (seven) doys from the dote of receipt ond o monthly occount ond the some sholl be submitted to Superintending Engineer/Chief Engineer of the deportment. (6) (7t (8) (e) 00) s.0) 32 All poyments mode by the consumers towords woter chorges for privote connection orfrom Government building sholl be issued proper receipt by the deportment. The woter bill sholl be collected from the consumers from the dote of completion o, providing woter connection. ln cose ofbreok in woter supplydue to repoiror construction of the premises or due to chonge of tenonts, the liobility of poyment sholl rest on the owner of the premises. A revenue collection register sholl be mointoined for eoch sectionol office of urbon ond Semi-urbon towns. The Executive Engineer sholl cross-check this register every month while depositing the revenue into the Government exchequerfor proper mointenonce of records ond regulor revenue collection." (i) Rote of woter chorges:- The toble of the rotes of woter chorges where woter meters ore not instolled sholl be os lollows- sl. No Type oI conneciion Revised rotes to be effective from enforcement of the Act. Existing Rote ellective since 01/06/2006 No. of dwelling unit 2 3 4 5