Chandigarh, Aug. 30 -- For failing to provide timely services to an applicant, the Chandigarh Right to Service (RTS) Commission has imposed a penalty of Rs.8,500 on five officials of the UT estate office.

A Sector 46-D resident, Paramjeet Singh, 75, had submitted an application seeking details of the extension amount for his house four years ago but the designated officer failed to do so within the stipulated time-limit.

As per the RTS Act, which came into effect in Chandigarh on August 14, 2017, the service of 'calculation and intimation of pending dues' is to be provided to applicants within 35 working days of the date of submission of application. But the information was provided to the applicant over five months later.

When the RTS...