Courier firm in Mohali penalised for failing to deliver job application on time
Hindustan TimesFor failing to deliver a Mohali resident’s job application at Indian Airforce Headquarters in New Delhi on time and hence making her lose a job opportunity, District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Mohali, directed a courier company to pay ₹30,000 as compensation for causing mental agony and refund ₹40 courier fee to the complainant. The courier firm failed to deliver the job application of Harkawal Preet Kaur, of Sector 67, Mohali, at Indian Airforce Headquarters in New Delhi on time. Kaur, in her complaint, said on October 18, 2018, she had sent a job application for the post of junior clerk to Indian Air Force Head Quarter Non Public Funds, Subroto Park, New Delhi, through the firm by paying ₹40. The last date to submit the applications was October 22, 2018, and thus, the courier company assured her that application would reach by October 19 but they failed to deliver the same within time.