Court summons Gian Sagar Trust chairman

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 5

A local court issued summons to Dr Nitender Singh, chairman of the Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust, Banur, in multiple cheque-bounce cases today. As many as 20 complaints were filed against the trust as well as the director as the salary cheques they issued to doctors and teachers were dishonoured.

   As many as 300 such doctors and teachers have not been paid till October 2016. The salary cheques that were signed by him had bounced and 20 of them approached the court. Almost all these cheques amounted to lakhs of rupees as the monthly salaries of the complaints ranged from Rs 70,000 to Rs 90,000.

   The cheques were issued in June this year to be drawn from Punjab National bank, Sector 16, Chandigarh. According to the complaint, the bank returned the cheques with remarks, “funds insufficient” and “drawer’s signature differs”. The counsel for the complainants, Pardhuman Garg, said, “The fraud is intentional as the chairman made fake signatures in front of the complainants.”

The complainants even served a legal notice on Singh, asking him to make the payment within 15 days. However, the payment has not been made till date. The complaint has been made under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The complainants have now demanded that the amount be doubled the amount as compensation.