The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has filed a case against LAUGFS Gas PLC, over its failure to ensure an uninterrupted supply of gas to consumers.The case was filed on Oct. 29 before Court No. 5 of the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court, alleging that the company had failed to maintain an uninterrupted gas supply in violation of Direction No. 86 issued by the CAA.The court issued summons on LAUGFS Gas in connection with the case and ordered the company to appear on Nov. 11.The case is scheduled to be taken up before Colombo Additional Magistrate Darshima Premaratne on that date.

LAUGFS Gas is one of the two LP Gas companies in the local market with major shareholders including businessmen Dhammika Perera and W.K.H. Wegapitiya.LAUGFS Gas absent from market for a month Meanwhile, the LAUGFS Gas customer service centre has stated that the company’s gas has been unavailable in the local market for around a month.The centre said the company currently had no gas cylinders in stock and could not specify when the gas shipments it had ordered would arrive in the country.Around 450,000 LAUGFS gas cylinders are normally sold each month.