City & Industrial Development Corporation [CIDCO] — no receipt given against additional parking charges

Address:

Mumbai City, Maharashtra, 400703

Dear sir/madam,

This bears reference to the cidco bike parking at vashi railway station which i believe is contracted for collection of parking charges and further penalty.

I had parked my bike here on 16/04/2018 at 8.30 am. Today (18/04/2018 at 7.15 pm) when i wanted to exit the bike park, i gave my parking ticket which i had been given on 16/04/2018.

As the usual parking tariff is rs 10 for 12 hours with rs 10 subsequently thereafter for every 6 hours, i was being asked for a further parking penalty of rs 80 (Considering my bike was parked for nearly 2 full days). I had no problem in giving penalty which i immediately paid.

However, as i had been given a parking ticket of rs 10 towards bike parking for 12 hours as a documentary proof, i asked the representative at the parking booth to also provide me with a documentary proof/receipt of rs 80 which i paid as penalty. To this, i was told that there is no such receipt of parking penalty which can be given against the penalty collected.

I fail to understand whether the penalty so collected is actually being deposited or is directly pocketed either by the labour assigned or the contractor. If there is no receipt given for penalty, why is it that the public has to adhere to the policies without any documentary proof towards collection of penalty. I have experienced this umpteen nber of times with other riders as well. Also, it is to be noted that the penalty so charged by rto/police authorities also gets acknowledged with a penalty receipt then why not this!

It is imperative for the officials to either take cognizance of such matters and act assertively unless they themselves are a party to this harrasment. I, vide this post, humbly urge cidco authorities to take corrective action with immediate effect to control such unparliamentary practices.

Thanking you in anticipation of the above.

Regards,
Niranjan
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