Electricity bill -- Electric meter dead - Respondent had lodged complaint against the working of meter - It was duty of the appellants to get it tested from the M.E. Lab or it should have been sent to the Chief Electrical Inspector for its analysis and examination - The appellants have not proved any foul act on the part of respondents to make one phase of the meter dead -..........
Electricity bill -- Sanctioned load of the premises of respondent only 1KW and that too for domestic purpose - Petitioner not raising regular periodical bill for the actual consumption of electricity for several years and then coming with a demand of a lakh rupees - Order passed by the State Commission quashing the bill held justified - Certain further direction issued...........
Consumer Protection Act,1986, -- S.2(1)(g) - Electricity Act, 1910 - S.26(6) - Electricity bill - Meter burnt - The Chief Electrical Inspector has no role to play - The department on replacement of the burnt/dead stopped meter by a new one is to take the average of consumption for the next 6 months - Based on this average can only charge the Complainant arrears upto 6..........
Consumer Protection Act,1986, -- S.3 - Additional remedy - Electricity bill - Burnt meter - Levying of sundry charges - Plea that complainant should have first moved the Dispute Settlement Committee of the OP department repelled - In view of S.3 of the CP Act the Complainant has the liberty to approach the District Fora as it is an additional remedy provided to him for..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 3 -- Additional remedy - Electricity bill - Burnt meter - Levying of sundry charges - Plea that complainant should have first moved the Dispute Settlement Committee of the OP department repelled - In view of Section 3 of the CP Act the Complainant has the liberty to approach the District Fora as it is an additional remedy provided to..........
Telephone -- Excess billing - Objection raised as to correctness of telephone bill - Telecom Department did not chose to make any request for appointment of an Arbitrator - Held, if a party is not willing to refer the matter to an Arbitrator then Civil Court has jurisdiction. (Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, S.7-B)...........
Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985, Section 22 -- Suit for recovery of money against sick company - Maintainability - Recovery of electricity bill on account of non-payment is not protected u/s.22 of the Act - Suit u/s.22 of the Act held, not maintainable...........
Electricity bill -- Burnt meter - Circular No. 13/96 of PSEB - The appellants allegedly taking consumption of more than three years prior to the raising of demand - Circular No. 13/96 lay down that the average consumption for the last three or six months can be made the basis for raising demand or in the alternative the consumption of the same month of the previous year..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 11(2) -- Territorial jurisdiction - Contention of OP that the machine in question purchased by the complainants from Ahmedabad, the place where the contract was made and in the bill of the machine there is expression 'subject to Ahmedabad jurisdiction' hence State Commission, Rajasthan has no jurisdiction repelled - Held that the..........
Electricity Act, 2003, Section 145, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 9 -- Electricity - Excess billing - Civil suit - Held, Civil Court has no jurisdiction in entertaining an injunction suit challenging electricity theft bill if plaintiff has not exhausted remedy contemplated under the Electricity Act...........
