| The appellant represents M/s Indus Towers Ltd, a company providing passive infra structure service to telecommunication providers. The consumer number of the above service connection is 8556 and is under the jurisdiction of Electrical Section, Sivapuram. The appellant is paying the current charges regularly without any due or delay. But the respondent as per the letter dated 17-12-2015 directed the appellant to remit an amount of Rs. 64,935.00 towards the short assessment for unauthorized additional load for the period from 01/2010 to 08/2010 and unauthorised extension based on the inspection report of general audit conducted in the Section. The appellant has submitted an objection petition before the Assistant Engineer which was rejected by him. Aggrieved against the above demand, the appellant submitted a petition before the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum, Kozhikode which was dismissed vide order in OP No. 166/2015‐16 dated 07-04-2016. Not satisfied with the order of the Forum, the appellant has submitted this appeal petition before this Authority.
In view of the discussions, it is hereby concluded that the respondent has not followed the mandatory procedures contemplated under Section 126 (2) and (3) while issuing the penal bill for an amount of Rs. 64,935.00. Hence the penal bill issued is hereby quashed.
The order of CGRF in OP No. 166/2015‐16 dated 07-04-2016 is set aside. The appeal petition is allowed. No order as to costs. |
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P/039/2016 Sri Arun R. Chandran Ernakulam 