| The appellant represents M/s Indus Towers Ltd., a company providing passive infrastructure service to telecommunication providers. The consumer number of the three phase service connection is 32313 under LT VI F tariff and is under the jurisdiction of Electrical Section, Nedumangad. The appellant is paying the current charges regularly without any due or delay. But the respondent as per the invoice dated 30-08-2016 directed the appellant to remit an amount of Rs. 2,35,224/- based on the site mahazar prepared consequent to the inspection of APTS on 29-08-2016, being the short assessment for not recording one phase of the meter from 01/2016 to 08/2016. An objection against the demand was filed before the Assistant Engineer on 26-09-2016. He rejected the petition without quoting any valid reason or regulations and directed the appellant to remit the short assessed amount. So the appellant had approached the Hon’ble CGRF (SR) by filing a petition in No. 291/2016. The Forum dismissed the petition due to lack of merit, vide order dated 29-03-2017. Aggrieved against this, the appellant has submitted this appeal petition before this Authority.
From the analysis done above and the conclusions arrived at, I take the following decisions.
From the conclusions arrived at as detailed above, I am fully convinced that the request of the appellant is reasonable and hence admitted. I decide that the order of the CGRF stands quashed. The short assessment bill amounting to Rs. 2,35,224/- issued to the appellant is set aside. The respondent is directed to reassess the consumption for the period in between the last meter reading date and the date of inspection on 29-08-2016 based on the average consumption from the three billing cycles from 09/2016 onwards and to revise the bill accordingly. The respondent shall issue the revised bill to the consumer with fifteen days time (due date) given for making the payment.
Having concluded and decided as above it is ordered accordingly. The Appeal Petition filed by the Consumer is allowed as ordered and stands disposed of as such. No order on costs. |
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P/048/2017 Sri. Arun R Chandran, Ernakulam 