Electricity meter -- Reconnection charges - Disconnection of electricity was found illegal and arbitrary - District Forum rightly held not to charge reconnection charges from complainant - No illegality in impugned order...........
Electricity Bill -- For alleged unauthorised drawal of power - Raising the bill against the original consumer number for unauthorised drawal of power from another source is something not permissible and acceptable under law - If somebody is unauthorisedly drawing power his line has to be disconnected penalty can be imposed or steps may be taken under the electricity act -..........
Electricity bill -- Raising of bill of Rs. 34,974/- on average basis of 2926 units on the ground that house was locked - The meter number to which bill was raised as per the version of complainant taken away by Municipal Corporation employees on 31.3.2001 when his shop was demolished - Direction by District Forum to revise the bill on the basis of actual meter reading or..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(d) -- Consumer - Electricity supply - Meter in question does not stand in the name of complainant and it stands in the name of earlier occupant - Complainant could not held to be a consumer of the Electricity Board under the Rules...........
Electricity supply -- Non supply of - Damage to crop - Transformer got burnt allegedly due to providing of the illegal connections to others resulting in higher load - Complainant neither specified as to who are the persons who have been given connection beyond capacity nor examined any expert to substantiate his contention that transformer was utilized over capacity and..........
Electricity supply -- Interruption of power supply as one of the electrical Poles fell down - No action taken despite bringing the same to the notice of OP - On the basis of Investigation report of the SDO of the Department findings recorded by the District Forum that the electric line was damaged due to the negligence of the department and complainant granted compensation..........
Electricity Act, 1910, Section 24, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 9 -- Defective meter - Brought to the notice of licensee - Inspite of that meter not replaced - Recovery of dues of electricity consumed during this period - In absence of provision under Electricity Act or Rules framed thereunder licensee to pursue remedy of filing civil suit for that purpose...........
Electricity Act, 1910, Section 26(6) -- Electrical Inspector - Exercise of power - Has necessarily to be in relation to the 'present dispute' and not 'the past dispute' - Electrical Inspector is empowered to calculate amount of the liability of the consumer for the supply made to the consumer during the period of preceding six months from the day on which the meter is..........
Electricity Act, 1910, Section 26(6) -- Exercise of power by Electrical Inspector u/s 26(6) - There has necessarily to be a dispute or difference of opinion between licensee and consumer in relation to functioning or malfunctioning of the mater...........
Electricity Act, 1910 -- Schedule, Clause VI(3) - Dispute that can be referred to Electrical Inspector under clause VI(3) of Schedule do not include dispute regarding amount of money payable by consumer to licensee during he period the mater had either stopped recording consumption or had been malfunctioning and consequently was not recording consumption accurately...........
