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2264 Company’s Response Verification Remarks as on

23.12.2022
Loss on account of Gas pilferage by various An amount of Rs 206.96 million has been The management stated that an amount of
customers – Rs. 445.005 million acknowledged / recovered out of Rs 445.005 million. Rs. 206.96 million has been
acknowledged/Recovered out of Rs.
Para 462D and 462E of chapter XVII-A relating to Oil Sr. Type of No. of Gas Amount Recovered Cases in 445.005
Court million.
No. Consumers Consumers Theft (Rs. in / Accepted /FIR/Ombudsma
and Gas etc. published in the Gazette of Pakistan, dated (MCF) Million) (Rs. in n/Ogra As per copies of CGTO Noting Sheets
02-12-2011 state that Tampering with gas meters by Million) Million)
and copies of pay orders provided an
1 Domestic 05 53,032 12.299 2.48 9.82
consumers, whether to commit theft of gas or for the amount of Rs. 20.500 million received
purpose of unauthorized distribution or supply of gas 2 Commercial 468 175,82 304.621 194.8 109.78
through pay orders against the pointed out
3
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which 3 Industrial 21 81,501 128.085 9.68 118.41 amount of Rs. 445.005 million. However,
may extend to six months or fine which may extend to these documents do not confirm the
310,35 445.005 206.96 238.01
one hundred thousand rupees or both and imprisonment 6 receipt of amount of pay orders into
which may extend to ten years but shall not be less than SSGCL account. Detail of pay orders
five years or fine which may extend to five million amount is as follows:
rupees or both in case of Industrial and Commercial
consumers. Sl. OB Pay Sl. No. of Annex. of Para
No. No. Order
During audit of the accounts of SSGC (SSGCL) for the Amou
FY 2021-22, it was that the Management suffered a loss nt
amounting to Rs.445.005 million on account of gas 1 42 0.087 4
pilferage by domestic, commercial and industrial 2 43 19.817 1, 20, 21, 23, 26, 29, 35,
customers as detailed below: 39, 49, 50, 61, 62, 65, 79,
81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 94, 96,
99, 103, 104, 106, 114,
Sr. Audit Type of No. of Gas Amount
116, 121, 122, 127, 131,
No Observation Consumer Consume Theft (Rs. in
. No. & Date s rs (MCF) Million) 140, 141, 145, 148, 153,
1 42, dt. Domestic 05 53,032 12.299 163, 166 & 366
13.10.2022 3 44 0.596 4, 7 & 11
2 43, dt. Commerci 468 175,823 304.621 Total (Rs. 12900
13.10.2022 al
in million)
3 44, dt. Industrial 21 81,501 128.085
13.10.2022
Total 310,356 445.005 Evidence confirming the receipt of
Rs20.500 million into SSGCL account
Audit is of the view that inactive monitoring resulted and status of recovery of remaining
outstanding amount with documentary
into loss of Rs 445.005 million to the Company in the
evidence to be provided.
shape of pilferage of gas. The matter was brought to
the notice of the management on October 13, 2022 but
no reply was received till finalization of this report.
Audit recommends for corrective action and recovery
of the amount involved under intimation to Audit. AO
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