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Orders of Kerala Electricity Ombudsman in pdf format |
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The appellant Sri Divyanandan is a tenant of the premises having service connection with consumer No. 34732 under Electrical Section Chelari. The service connection was registered in favour of Sri. Prasobhan, Anchil House, Parabilpeedika. On 21-05-2015, the officials of KSEB Limited conducted an inspection in the premises of the appellant and detected a total load of 1250 Watts. Based on the inspection, the appellant was issued with a provisional bill amounting to Rs. 16,814.00 under LT VII A tariff on 22-05-2015 towards the tariff misuse as per Section 126 of Electricity Act 2003. Aggrieved against this, the appellant the appellant filed a complaint before the CGRF, Northern Region, Kozhikode. The CGRF dismissed the petition vide order dated 27-10-2015 by holding that the case is not maintainable as the penal bill disputed in the subject was issued vide Section 126 of the Electricity Act 2003. Against the decisions of the CGRF, the appellant has approached this Authority with this appeal petition on 01-12-2015. The action on the part of respondent without complying with the legal formalities amounts to arbitrariness and denial of natural justice. Hence the penal bill issued for Rs. 16,814.00 is quashed. Appeal is admitted. CGRF order in OP No. 51/2015-16 dated 27-10-2015 is set aside. No order as to costs. |
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The appellant, Sri Abdul Khayoom is a tenant of the premises having service connection with consumer No. 36423 under Electrical Section, Chelari. The service connection was registered in favour Sri Subramanyian M.K., Anjalungal House, Parambilpeedika with a connected load of 600 Watts under LT VII B tariff. On 26-05-2015, the officials of KSEB Limited conducted an inspection in the premises of the appellant and it was detected that a total load of 2150 Watts and the premises was being used for running a dental clinic. Based on the inspection, a provisional bill amounting to Rs. 38,085.00 was issued on 27-05-2015 towards the tariff misuse as per Section 126 of Electricity Act, 2003. Aggrieved against this, the appellant filed a complaint before the CGRF, Northern Region, Kozhikode. The CGRF dismissed the petition vide order dated 27-10-2015 by holding that the case is not maintainable as the disputed bill was issued as per Section 126 of the Electricity Act, 2003. Against the decisions of the CGRF, the appellant has approached this Authority with this appeal petition on 01-12-2015. The action on the part of respondent without complying with the legal formalities amounts to arbitrariness and denial of natural justice. Hence the penal bill issued for Rs. 38,085.00 is quashed. Appeal is admitted. CGRF order in OP No. 50/2015-16 dated 27-12-2015 is set aside. No order as to costs. |
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The appellant, Sri Abdul Khader K.P. is a tenant of the premises having service connection with consumer No. 36685 under Electrical Section, Chelari. The service connection was registered in favour of Smt. Mariyam P.M., Ayisha Nivas, Mele Chelari, under LT VII A tariff for construction purpose on 08-07-2014 with a connected load of 2799 Watts. On 26-05-2015, the officials of KSEB Limited conducted an inspection in the premises of the appellant and it was found some irregularities in the classification of tariff. Based on the inspection, the appellant was issued with a short assessment bill amounting to Rs. 56,675.00 on 27-05-2015 under LT VI F tariff for the period from 8/2014 to 5/2015, as per Section 126 of Electricity Act, 2003. Aggrieved against this, the appellant approached the Assistant Engineer, Electrical Section, Chelari by filing a complaint and the same was disposed of by revising the provisional assessment to Rs. 43,952.00 and issued a final order accordingly. Still aggrieved with the decision, the appellant filed a complaint before the CGRF, Northern Region, Kozhikode. The CGRF dismissed the petition vide order dated 27-10-2015 by holding that the case is not maintainable in the Forum as the disputed bill was issued as per Section 126 of the Electricity Act, 2003. Against decisions of the CGRF, the appellant has approached this Authority with this appeal petition on 26-11-2015. The action on the part of respondent is without complying with legal formalities amounts to arbitrariness and denial of natural justice. Hence the penal bill issued for Rs. 43,952.00 is hereby quashed. Appeal is admitted. Order of CGRF in OP No. 49/2015-16 dated 07-10-2015 is set aside. No order as to costs. |