Three booked for cheating
Tribune News Service

PANCHKULA, July 26 — The police has booked three persons of Jainendra Gurukul for being allegedly involved in a case of cheating, forgery and misappropriation of property possessed by a resident of Gurukul, Harish Rishi, who had died earlier.

A case under sections 380, 404, 467, 468 and 120-B has been registered against Ved Parkash, T.R.Oswal and C.L.Jain on a complaint lodged by Ms Manju Attri, a resident of Dera Bassi.

The complainant alleged that she had been adopted by the Harish Rishi, who had been living in a room in the Gurukul premises. After her marriage, she moved along with her husband to live in Solan.

Recently when her surrogate father expired she was not informed. She further alleged that the three persons allegedly removed her father’s articles, including some gold and silver items, and forged property documents left by him.

Dead : A scooterist, Sadhu Singh, who was admitted to the PGI, Chandigarh, after being knocked down by a Maruti van driven by Shebag Singh, a resident of Randhawa Farms at Mani Majra, near Pinjore, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday.

Theft : A motor cycle and a scooter were stolen in two separate incidents in the city in the past 48 hours.

Mr Satya Narayan in a complaint lodged with the police said his motor cycle was stolen from the parking area of Yavanika Garden in Sector 5 here. In another case Sameer Gupta, a resident of Sector 33 in Chandigarh, complained to the police that his scooter was stolen from outside a house in Sector 7 here.

Hoarding : Three persons of Kalka have been booked by the police for allegedly storing kerosene without valid licence. The Kalka police has registered a case under the Essential Commodities Act.

According to the information available, Pawan Kumar, Om Parkash, and Krishan Gopal had stored at least 511 litre of kerosene at a place in Kalka.

ZIRAKPUR

One killed : Mahavir Prasad (23) was run over and killed by an unidentified vehicle on the Chandigarh-Zirakpur highway on Sunday night.

The victim, who belonged to Tehri Garhwal, was hit when he was returning to Raipur Khurd where he was staying, sources said.

He had been working as a room boy at a private hotel here for the past one year.

A police party on night patrol noticed the body and after registering a case sent it to the Civil Hospital, SAS Nagar, for postmortem.

Art exhibition extended
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, July 26 — The art exhibition ‘Homage to Kargil Heroes’, put up by 25 senior artists of the city, at the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, which was to conclude on July 25, has now been extended till August 1. This was announced here today by Mr Shiv Singh, Chairman, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi.

The exhibition was organised by the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, in collaboration with the Chandigarh Administration, in order to collect funds for the Kargil cause. The prices of the exhibits were slashed heavily, to motivate the ordinary buyer to consider buying these.

Only two exhibits, works of photographer Devinder Singh, were sold and that too on the first day. The Government Museum has now bought six of these works. The artists whose works have been bought by the Museum include Parminder Lal, Malkiat Singh, R K Jain, Satwant Singh, Madan Lal and Dhami. The Director of the Museum, Mr V N Singh, six exhibits had been procured by them, but failed to give names of the artists.

Meanwhile, the Punjab Arts Council, in collaboration with the Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi (PLKA), has decided to hold a painting workshop, from July 28 to August 1, on the theme of Kargil at the Punjab Kala Bhavan Complex, Sector 16. The paintings produced in this workshop would be donated by the artists voluntarily to the PLKA, who would later organise a pubic exhibition of these works for sale to generate funds for the Kargil cause. The PLKA also plans to exhibit for sale about three dozen paintings, which are lying in their stock, as their contribution towards this cause.

The Secretary, PLKA and the convener of this exhibition, Mr Jarnail Singh, said, “This exhibition would be our effort to generate funds. We hope that people come forward to buy these works of art.”

Mr Shiv Singh added, “People of the city are not really exposed to art exhibitions, and shy away, especially when it comes to buying art. But with senior artists having donated their works at such reduced prices, the exhibition had been a sincere effort on our part.”

Tailor told to compensate client
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, July 26 — The UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-I has directed a tailor to refund a consumer Rs 515 for his failure to deliver him a stitched shirt.

In his complaint, Mr Dinesh Bhardwaj, a resident of Sector 23, had contended that he had given a piece of cloth for stitching of a shirt to SB Tailors, Sector 40, on May 27, 1998. The tailor had promised to deliver the shirt by June 10, 1998, but despite numerous visits the shirt was not delivered. However, the trouser which was given along with the shirt was delivered.

A notice was issued but since the counsel after seeking time to file a reply neither appeared nor filed a reply, he was proceeded against ex parte.

The forum bench comprising its President, Mr H.C Modi and members Mr R.K Behl and Ms Shashi Kanta held the tailor guilty of deficiency in services. After going through the affidavit submitted by the consumer, they directed the tailor to pay Rs 350 as the cost of the cloth, Rs 65 as the stitching charges, besides Rs 100 as costs.

Gas connection

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II has directed M/s Sabharwal Gas Agency, Sector 47 C to release the gas connection to a complainant immediately without insisting her to purchase the hot plate from them and also pay costs of Rs 2100 as compensation.

In her complaint, Mrs Kamla Malik had stated that she had booked an LPG connection with M/s Saraswati Gas Agency, Pehowa, in 1991 and had applied for the transfer of the connection when she shifted to Chandigarh. The gas connection was shifted but the gas agency refused to release the same on the ground that she was not prepared to purchase the hot plate from it. The complainant told the HPC officials that she already has the required hot plate.

In its reply, the gas agency submitted that it was willing to release the gas connection provided the complainant gives proof of her residence and the possession of a hot plate.

The forum bench comprising its President, Mr R.P. Bajaj and members Mr H.S Walia and Mrs Kamlesh Gupta accepted the contention of the complainant and observed that it has become a practice with the gas dealers to insist upon the consumers to purchase the hot plate from them before the release of the new gas connection. They further held that consumers are being simply harassed and the common grievance expressed by the consumers was that gas dealers supply inferior quality hot plates at higher cost.

While allowing the complaint, they directed the gas agency to pay Rs 2100 as costs, including compensation for harassment.

Preparations on for national junior TT
By Arvind Katyal
Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, July 26 — The Chandigarh TableTennis Association has begun preparations for conducting the Junior National Table Tennis Championships, scheduled to be held from November 20 to 25 at the Sector 23 TT hall.

Nearly four months are away for this mega tournament, which will be conducted for the first time in this new hall. The approximate budget for the tournament is Rs 9 lakh.

A meeting of the organising committee, headed by Ms Vinita Rai, Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh Administration, today reviewed the progress of the preparations made for the tournament.

Mr P.K. Verma, Chairman of the Organising Committee and President of the CTTA, has been taking active interest in the promotion of the sport in the city. In fact, Mr Verma played an active role in the construction of the TT hall.

In March this year, when the former national TT champion Kamlesh Mehta had come for the All-India Inter-Bank TT Championship, he had complimented the facilities available in the hall and said it was capable of hosting a major tournament which would certainly boost the TT activities in this city.

According to Mr Rajeev Kaushal, Organising Secretary of the championships, nearly 350 players, both boys and girls, under the age group of 17 were expected to participate in the tournament. The players would be lodged at the Sports Hostel, Sector 42, and Kisan Bhavan Sector 35.

Today's meeting of the conveners of the various committees took note of all the arrangements. It was decided to initiate work for putting up barbed wire fencing outside the hall and grills, wherever required, for safety purposes.

The other necessary rectification needed to be done was repair of the lighting system in the hall and gum polish of the floor.

In this championship about Rs 70,000 worth of prize money will be distributed among the players. Four events would be conducted — junior boys singles and doubles and junior girls singles and doubles.

The Technical Committee members and other officials will be given free board and lodging plus their travelling expenses . Doordarshan Sports Channel have evinced interest in covering this meet, said Mr Kaushal. The hall can at best accommodate nearly 2000 spectators.

The Table Tennis Federation of India ( TTFI) has permitted the use of Metco brand of tables of Meerut for the championship while balls of Nitakku( Japanese) brand will be played.

It was in 1993 that CTTA had organised the last major championship —the All-India North Zone TT Tournament. The championship was organised at the Sector 42 Indoor Hall.

Swimming meet: The swimming competitions for boys and girls will be organised parents of swimmers at Government Yoga Centre swimming pool, Sector 23, on July 31 and August 1.

In the absence of any recognised association in the city, the trainees had been facing problems as no meets were being organised, said one of the coaches at the centre.The meet of this kind gives encouragement to young and budding swimmers.

Cricket meet: The LIC Insurance Employees Cricket Tournament will start from July 31 at the Sector 5 cricket grounds, Panchkula. As many as 16 teams of various organisations are expected to take part in this tournament. The teams will be divided into four groups and the matches will be played on Saturdays and Sundays.

On the first day, Haryana Financial Corporation will take on New India Insurance Corporation at 8 a.m.