LEGAL METROLOGY

Profile & Organization Structure:

The Department is under the administrative control of the Controller of Legal Metrology, Govt. of A.P. Vijayawada. The Department of Legal Metrology in Nellore Zone is functioning under the Control of One Deputy Controller at Nellore with three Assistant Controllers with Head Quarters at Nellore, Ongole & Bapatla and seven Inspectors at Nellore, Kavali, Ongole, Markapur, Podili, Bapatla & Chirala.
The Deputy Controller of Legal Metrology, Nellore will supervise the entire administration and exercise the powers delegated of various Legal Metrology Acts & Rules.

Main Activities and Schemes:

The main function of the Department is to attend the verification and stamping work of Weights & Measures used in any transaction and for protection to ensure their accuracy as per the prescribed standards. The department also enforces standardization of Weights & Measures used in trade and industry and protects the interests of consumers against short weighment and measurement and excess charging of packaged commodities. The department is enforcing packaged commodities rules to ensure the declaration of packaged commodities, which would give definite information to the consumers with regard to Name and Address of the Manufacturers, Identity of Commodity, Net Quantity, Date of packing, Retail sale price of the commodity and Customer care cell phone Number.

In addition to the above functions, by utilizing the Mobile Testing Laboratory van supplied to the Nellore District by the State Government, the executives are conducting surprise inspections on all shops & establishments using Weights & Measures and detect offences for violation of Legal Metrology Laws and thereby protect the interest of the consumers from the malpractices adopted by the deceitful traders. The executives are also instructed to intensify the activities of the department with a view to protect consumers by conducting surprise inspections and Test checks at market places with Dharmakata where the goods purchase by the consumers were re-verified. Special attention is also paid to arrest the malpractices in the public distribution system of Fair Price shops, and in petroleum products.

Consumer Activities:

The Department has participated in the consumer clubs in the schools set by the State Government to inculcate consumer awareness among children. The Department has also conducted consumer awareness programmes and exhibitions on Weights & Measures in Nellore and also in Mandal Level on the Occasions of National Consumer’s Day, World Consumer’s Rights Day, Legal Metrology Day and distributed pamphlets to the public with the help of voluntary consumer organizations and enlightens the malpractices adopted by the traders and usage of weights and measures in the daily life.
The Department has also supplied two sets of weighing kits, so that they can utilize them in cross checking the weighments involving the consumer organizations in checking the fraudulent activities of the trading community and to enable any consumer or consumer organization to file, complaints under the Consumer protection Act of 1986.

Task force inspections:

As per the Constitution of Task Force teams, the executives of Legal Metrology Department, Nellore Zone under the supervision of Deputy Controller Legal Metrology, Nellore has participated in the raids along with Vigilance, Food ,Civil Supply officials. Our Nellore Zone officials have actively participated in conducting inspections against LPG Godowns, Fertilizer godowns, Hospitals.

The following are the achievements of executives
Legal Metrology Nellore District for the present financial year 2023-24

YEAR	STAMPING FEES	COMPOUNDING FEES	CASES BOOKED
2023-24	12307711/-	5236000/-	725

The following are the inspections conducted on important trades (Public distribution system & Petroleum products) by the executives during the last financial year 2021-22

Sl No	Name of the trade	No of inspections	Cases Booked	Compounding fees collected
1	Dispensing pumps	220	16	215000/-
2	LPG	38	9	70000/-
3	Fertilizers	110	28	517000/-
4	Edible oil	80	6	320000/-
5	Kirana	267	91	351500/-

ORGANIZATION SETUP OF NELLORE ZONE:-

The Present jurisdiction of the Deputy Controller of Legal Metrology, Nellore comprises of SPSR Nellore, Prakasam & Bapatla Districts.

NELLORE DISTRICT :-

There is one Assistant Controller office namely Assistant Controller of Legal Metrology, Nellore and two Inspector’s Office located at Nellore & Kavali in Nellore District.

Sl.No.	Name of the Officer	Designation	Contact Number
1	Sri K. Isaac	Deputy Controller of Legal Metrology, Nellore	9398155484
2	Sri N.V.S. Eswara Rao	Assistant Controller Legal Metrology, Nellore	9440168585
3	Sri Md.Karimulla	Inspector Legal Metrology, Kavali	9885886947
4	Sri D.Anil Kumar (I/c)	Inspector Legal Metrology, Nellore	9398136106

Relevant Laws of Enforcement:

1. The Legal Metrology Act, 2009.
2. The A.P. Legal Metrology (Enforcement) Rules, 2011.
3. The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011.
4. The Legal Metrology (Approval of Models) Rules, 2011.
5. The Legal Metrology (National standards) Rules, 2011.
6. The Legal Metrology (Numeration) Rules, 2011.
7. The Indian Institute of Legal Metrology Rules, 2011.
8. (a) Motor spirit and High speed Diesel (Regulation of Supply & Distribution
and Prevention of Malpractices) Order, 1998.
(b) The Petroleum products (Maintenance of Production storage & Supply)
Order, 1999.

List of Various Offences in the Legal Metrology Act, 2009

Sl.No.	Section and Nature of offence	Penal Section
1	S. 8(3) Use or keeping of weights, measures of numeration other than the Standard weight, measure or numeration.	25
2	S. 8(4) Manufacture of weight or measure not conforming to standards	27
3	S.8(4) Import of weight or measure not conforming to Standards	39
4	S.10 Transaction or dealing or contract in respect of goods etc, by weight , measure or number than prescribed.	28
5	S. 11 Quote or make announcement or issue or exhibit of price list or changing of price than in accordance with standard unit of weight or measure or numeration.	29
6	S.12 custom, usage, practice or method of whatever nature to demand, receive or cause to be demanded or received, any quantity of article, thing or service in excess of or less than, the quantity specified by weight, measure or number in the contract or other agreement in relation to the said article, thing or service.	30
7	Demanding or receiving any articles or thing on service in excess or less than the quantity specified by contract or agreement	30
8	S.17 Maintenance of records, registers by manufacturer, dealer or repairer and production of weight, measure document, register on demand	31
9	S.18(1) Compliance of declaration in respect of prepackaged commodity by manufacturer / dealer.	36(1)
10	S.18(1) Compliance of net quantity – requirement of pre-packaged commodity by manufacturer.	36(2)
11	S.19 Registration of importer of weight or measure	38
12	S.22 before manufacturing or importing shall seek	32
13	S.23 manufacturing of weight or measure only without licence	45
14	S.23 Repair / sale of weight or measure only without licence	46
15	S.24(1) Use of unverified weight or measure in transaction or protection	33
16	S.24(2), 24(3) and 24(4) Government approved test centers for contravention of provision of Act and Rules made thereunder	37(1)
17	Willful verification by the owner or employee of Government Approved Test Centers	37(2)
18	S.33 Sale of weight or measure without verification	33
19	S.34 sale or delivery of commodities by non standards weight or measure	34
20	S.35 Rendering service by non-standard weight or measure	35
21	S. 47 Tampering with licence	47
22	S.52(3) Provision of any rule made under the Act.	52(3)
23	S.53(3) Provision of any rule made under the Act.	53(3)

Email/Postal Address:

Email: dclmnel[at]gmail[dot]com

Postal Address :
O/o. The Deputy Controller,
Legal Metrology Department,
Government of Andhra Pradesh,
D.No.23/1304, Tekkamitta,
Nellore– 524003

Important links : https://aplm.gov.in/