Chandigarh Club members irked over subscription fee bill for April

CHANDIGARH:With all clubs in the city remaining closed ever since the lockdown began on March 24, some members of Chandigarh Club, Sector 1, have objected to getting a bill for subscription fee for April.

A fee of around ₹1,400, including GST, is collected bimonthly from all 7,000-odd members.

A member, Divanshu Jain, said, “Since we didn’t use any services, it doesn’t make sense to charge us membership fee. Other clubs have extended memberships and subscriptions by up to four months to account for the lockdown months. Why shouldn’t Chandigarh Club do the same?”

Jain, an advocate at the Punjab and Haryana high court, added that he had sent a legal notice to the club management asking to waive the fee.

‘NEED TO PAY SALARIES’

Saying that the fee had never been waived ever since the club was started in 1958, executive member Hitesh Puri said, “The fee is needed to pay the salaries of over 300 employees and for other monthly expenses.”

Club president Sandeep Sahni said, “Before we received the legal notice, nobody had complained about the fees. In so many years, nobody has had problems with the fee as it is needed to run the club. We will soon send a reply to the notice.”