The BMC has asked the M-East (Chembur) ward office’s water department to pay Rs 3 for every water connection form they have sold since 2012, after they neglected a circular that had instructed the department to increase the price of forms.

In the last two years, the ward office has sold close to 9,000 forms for Rs 12, instead of Rs 15. The civic body’s audit department has issued a notice asking it to recover the balance of Rs 30,000. In 2012, the chief accountant had asked every department to increase the rate of services provided by them.