| The appellant, Sri Shajeev T.S. is an industrial consumer with consumer No. 9522 having connected load of 7 kW under Electrical Section, Chithara. He is running a flour mill in the compound of mini industrial estate at Chithara. While so on 5/7/2016, he was issued a short assessment notice for Rs.14,045/- with calculation statement, assessing for the period from 04/12 to 10/12 and 11/13 to 02/14, when the meter was found sluggish/faulty, on the basis of the audit of Regional Audit Office, Kottarakkara. Another short assessment notice for Rs. 10,799/- on 05-07-2016 was issued to the appellant for recovering the unrecorded portion of energy due to installation of insufficient capacitors. The appellant being aggrieved by this approached the CGRF, South, Kottarakkara, with petition No. OP 169/2016 and the Forum disposed of the petition vide its order dated 23-12-2016, as ordered below.
i. “The short assessment bills issued on 05-07-2016 for Rs. 14,045/- is quashed. The respondent is directed to revise the bill for the period from 04/2012 to 10/2012 by taking the average consumption of succeeding 3 months after the meter replacement.
ii. The petitioner shall remit the amount for Rs. 10,799/- for insufficient capacitor, within one month from the date of receipt of this order.
iii. If any excess/deficit in amount, the respondent shall collect/adjust in the future bills.”
The respondent revised the short assessment bill for Rs.14045/- and a fresh bill for Rs.8025/- was served on the appellant on 13-01-2017.Aggrieved by the decision of the CGRF, the appellant has submitted the Appeal petition before this Forum.
In view of the above facts, the revised bill for Rs. 8025/- towards the short assessment during the alleged faulty meter period and the bill for Rs. 10,799/- towards the non installation of insufficient capacitor are hereby quashed.
The order of CGRF in OP No. 169/2016 dated 23-12-2016 is hereby set aside. Having concluded and decided as above, it is ordered accordingly. No order as to costs. |
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