Don’t pay ad fee to NEPL: GHMC

HYDERABAD: GHMC Commissioner S P Singh today requested the public and owners of shops and other establishments located in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits not to pay any advertisement fee to M/s Nest Enterprises Private Limited (NEPL).

Singh said the NEPL was not entitled to collect or demand any amount towards advertisement fee either from shops or other establishments within the GHMC limits.

If any amount is paid to the NEPL or any agency other than the GHMC, the public will be doing so at its own risk. The GHMC would not be responsible for any consequences, the GHMC Commissioner added.

The NEPL had been authorised to collect advertisement fee from shop owners in the twin cities on behalf of the GHMC for a three-year contract period (2005-08). After the expiry of the contract on March 31, 2008, the GHMC had neither renewed the license nor given it to any other private agency, as the matter was pending in the AP High Court, Singh said. He appealed to the public to pay the advertisement fee as per the schedule of rates at any GHMC office or to authorised GHMC officials and demand an official receipt.