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 P/13/2016 Rev. Sr. Anila SABS, Pala, Kottayam. 
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| The appellant is a consumer having service connections with consumer No. 2260, 5610 and 2274, under Electric Section, Pala. The tariff assigned to the connection was under LT VI B and the connected load was 20445 Watts, 8000 Watts and 4000 Watts respectively. The appellant is conducting women's hostel in the premises. While so, the premise was inspected by the KSEB officials on 07-08-2015 and found that a large number of students of a private entrance coaching institution were accommodated in addition to the students of Alphonsa College. Alleging misuse of tariff in the appellant’s premises, a provisional assessment was made for an amount of Rs. 3,49,939.00, Rs. 38,149.00 and Rs. 70,397.00 respectively under LT VII A ‐ commercial tariff, as per section 126 of Electricity Act, 2003. Aggrieved against the above short assessment bill the appellant filed an objection before the Assistant Engineer, who confirmed the provisional bill and issued final order. Consequently, the appellant filed a complaint before the CGRF which was disposed of with a direction to revise the short assessment after arriving at the difference amount in VII A & VI B tariff for the period of one year, vide order OP No. 1572/2015 dated 22-01-2016. Still aggrieved against the decision of CGRF, the appellant has submitted the Appeal petition before this Authority. In view of the above discussions the short assessment bills issued for Rs. 3,49,939.00, Rs. 38,149.00 and Rs. 17,823.00 are hereby quashed. The respondent is directed to revise the assessment by calculating the difference amount in LT VII A and VI B tariff for a period of 1 year under normal rate. This shall be done at any rate within 15 days from the date of receipt of this order. It is also directed that the respondent may conduct a proper inspection in the appellant’s premises and verify whether the appellant is admitting students other than those of Alphonsa College and in case the appellant is functioning in accordance with the tariff norms applicable under LT VI B, it is open to the respondent to allow to continue the appellant under LT VI B tariff. Having concluded and decided as above the appeal is disposed of accordingly. The order of CGRF in OP No. 1572/2015 dated 22-01-2016 is upheld. No order as to costs. |
| P/14/2016 Rev. Sr. Jossy Maria FCC, Pala
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| The appellant is a consumer having service connections with consumer Nos. 2240 and 2367, under Electric Section, Pala issued for conducting a women's hostel. The tariff assigned to the connections was under LT VI B with connected load of 16581 Watts and 8619 Watts respectively. While so, the premises was inspected by the KSEB officials on 07-08-2015 and found that the premises was accommodated with a large number of students of a private entrance coaching institution in addition to the regular students of Alphonsa College and St. Thomas College. Alleging misuse of tariff, provisional assessment was made amounting to Rs. 2,97,984.00 and 70,397.00 respectively under LT VII A ‐ commercial tariff, as per Section 126 of Electricity Act, 2003. Aggrieved against the above bill the appellant filed an objection before the Assistant Engineer, who confirmed the provisional bill and issued a final order. Consequently, the appellant filed a complaint before the CGRF (South) Kottarakkara which was disposed of with a direction to change the tariff to VII A and issue short assessment by arriving at the difference in tariff between VII A & VI B for the period of one year, vide order OP No.1573/2015 dated 22-01-2016. Still aggrieved against the decision of CGRF, the appellant has submitted the appeal petition before this Authority. In view of the above discussions the short assessment bills issued for Rs. 2,97,984.00 and Rs. 70,397.00 are hereby quashed. The respondent is directed to revise the assessment by calculating the difference amount in LT VII A and VI B tariff for a period of 1 year under normal rate. This shall be done at any rate within 15 days from the date of receipt of this order. It is also directed that the respondent may conduct a proper inspection in the appellant’s premises and verify whether the appellant is admitting students other than those of Alphona College and St. Thomas College and in case the appellant is functioning in accordance with the tariff norms applicable under LT VI B, it is open to the respondent to allow to continue the appellant under LT VI B tariff. Having concluded and decided as above the appeal is disposed of accordingly. The CGRF order in OP No. 1573/2015 dated 22-01-2016 is upheld. No order as to costs. |
| P/019/2016 Sri. Alex Thomas, Thiruvananthapuram.
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| The appellant, Sri Alex Thomas is the Managing Director of B’ Canti Homes (P) Ltd, who is an applicant for HT power supply with a connected load of 315 kVA to the building B’ Canti River Park Apartments which comes under the jurisdiction of Electrical Section, Vellayambalam. The respondent after collecting the estimate amount has extended 11 kV supply to the multi-storied building of the appellant. The works of 11 kV cable laying up to consumer premises, erection of an indoor transformer and allied LT side works and terminal arrangements including metering panel were carried out by the appellant after remitting the Supervision charges. Later, a number of LT service connections were effected after collecting the ECSC (Estimate Cost for Service Connection) charges for providing weather proof service connections for LT consumers as approved by the Commission. The appellant preferred a complaint before the CGRF (South), Kottarakara, pleading to refund the amount collected as ECSC with interest. The CGRF has found that the licensee shall collect only the energisation charges as authorized by the KSERC and the excess amount collected from the appellant shall be refunded. Not satisfied with the above order, the appellant has approached this Authority with this appeal petition seeking relief with a plea to declare that collection of ECSC amounts while registering and allotting consumer numbers to 26 independent units at B' Canti River Park Apartment by the Assistant Engineer is illegal and issue orders to refund such amounts in full, as onetime payment with interest at double the bank rate with effect from 25-07-2014. From the analysis done and the findings and conclusions arrived at which are detailed above it is decided to take the following decisions. The collection of charges for providing independent service connections to various apartments of the high-rise building of the appellant was found as arbitrary and the respondent is directed to refund the amount so collected along with interest at the bank rate as on the date of remittance as per provisions in Supply Code, 2014. This shall be done at any rate within 30 days from the date of receipt of this order. Having concluded and decided as above it is ordered accordingly. The appeal petition filed by the appellant is allowed to the extent as ordered. The order of CGRF in OP No 1560/2015 is upheld. No order as to costs. |
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