THE KARACHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY CALCULATION OF RATE OF BULK WATER SUPPLY REGULATIONS, 1969
No. 17-38/69 Reg/KDA.— Whereas it is necessary and expedient to make provision for an to prescribe the manner of calculating the provisions rate and the final issue rate of the water supplied in bulk to the constituent bodies from year to year in accordance with which the constituent bodies have to pay for water supplied to them, as provided in Article 115 of the Karachi Development Authority Order, 1957;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers vested in the Authority under Clause 2(c) of Article 115 of the said Order, the Governing Body of the Karachi Development Authority is pleased to make the following Regulations:–
1. Short title, and commencement.– These Regulations shall be called the Karachi Development Authority Calculation of Rates of Bulk Water Supply Regulations, 1969.
(ii) They shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.— In these Regulations, unless there is anything repugnant to the Karachi Development Authority Order, 1957.—
(a) ‘Authority’ means the Karachi Development Authority.
(b) ‘Order’ means the Karachi Development Authority Order, 1957;
(c) All works and expressions not defined in these Regulations but defined in the Order shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them under the Order.
3. (1) The provisional rate and the final issue rate of water supplied in bulk to the constituent bodies shall be determined by the Authority from year to year.
(2) Pending the calculation of the final issue rate for any year, payment for water supplied during that year shall be made at the provisional rate.
(3) The calculations of the provisional rate and the final issue rate shall be made by the Authority in the manner hereinafter provided.
4. Calculation of provisional rate.— (1) The provisional rate shall calculated by the Authority at the time of framing its budget for the ensuing year by increasing the estimated expenditure of the Authority in that year by five per cent and dividing the result by the number of units of water estimated likely to be supplied during that year.
(2) If any question arises between the Authority and the constituent body as to the supply of water to be estimated in calculating the provisional rate the decision fo the Chairman of the Authority there on shall be final.
5. Calculation of final issue rate.—The final issue rate shall be calculated by the Authority for each year after the accounts of that year have been closed, by dividing the total expenditure of the Authority during that year by the total number of units supplied by the Authority during that year to the constituent bodies and other bulk consumers.
6. For the purposes of paragraphs 4 and 5 of these Regulations the expenditure of the Authority shall be deemed to be the total expenditure water supply systems and shall be deemed to include—
(a) all establishment charges including expenditure on repair or maintenance not debitable ot any fund established under Article 24 of the Order;
(b) any repayment of principal and payment of interest in respect of any loan taken by the Authority under Article 18 of the Order;
(c) any repayment of principal and payment of interest to the Central Government for the Federal Government in respect of any sum or grant deemed to be a loan under Article 120 of the Order;
(d) any payment into any fund established under Article 24 of the order after deduction of such income if any, from interest on the balances of the fund as is, under any Regulation, made under that Article to be deemed to be current revenue of the Authority; and
(e) any payment to the Provincial Government for water supplied from the Kalri Canal system or subject to the previous approval of the Provincial Government for water supplied from any other source.
7. In case of difference between the provisional rate and the final issue rate for any year, the sum due from any constituent body to the Authority shall be re-calculated according to the final issue rate and any excess or deficient charges then appearing shall be due, as the case may be, from or to the Authority accordingly:
Provided that in the case of an excess, the sum due by the Authority shall be set off against any sum due to the Authority by the constituent body concerned in respect of water supplied by the Authority.
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FORM “A”
[See Regulation 3(3) at previous page]
To
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Take notice that the Authority demand from ———— the sum of ————- due from ———– on account of —————– leviable under ——————— for the period of —————commencing on ——————- day —————– 19 ———–
If within one month from the service of this notice the said sum is not paid into the office of the Karachi Development Authority, Karachi or sufficient cause for non-payment is not shown to the satisfaction of the Authority, interest at the rate of 6% will be charged and water supply will be liable to be disconnected and restored on payment of Rs.400 in addition to the dues demanded.
Dated this ……………. day of ……………….. 19 …………..
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