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 P/008/2017 Sri P.K. Thomas, Kottayam. 
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| The appellant, Sri P.K. Thomas, is an industrial consumer with name and style, ‘Perincheril Rubbers’, with consumer No. 9167, under the jurisdiction of Electrical Section, Nattakam. The appellant is aggrieved against the short assessment bill issued for an amount of Rs. 14,520.00 for the period from 10/2013 to 09/2014 towards the shortage in demand charges as the appellant was not being billed under ToD tariff. Aggrieved against the bill the appellant filed petition before the CGRF, Kottarakkara which was dismissed vide order OP No. 177/2016 dated 19-12-2016 due to lack of merit. So, the appellant preferred this appeal before this Authority with a request to cancel the impugned bill issued. In view of the above findings, the revised short assessment issued by the respondent is found in order and the appellant is liable for making the payment. The appeal is disposed of accordingly. The order of CGRF in OP No. 177/2016 dated 19-12-2016 is upheld. No order as to costs. |
| P/014/2017 The Secretary Thrikkakkara Municipal Co-operative Hospital Society Ltd., Kakkanad
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| The appellant is the Secretary of the Thrikkakkara Municipal Co-operative Hospital Society Ltd. No. 993, Kakkanad and the institution is registered under the Co-operative Society Act. The hospital had two service connections with consumer Nos. 41016 and 41017 availed on 24-12-2012 having a connected load of 9 kW and 7 kW respectively. The tariff assigned at the time of connection was LT-VI A. It is alleged that during the inspection conducted by the Audit Wing of KSEB Limited it was detected that the tariff was wrongly assigned to LT VI A instead of LT VI F. The appellant had been enjoying the concessional tariff under LT VI A, which is eligible only to those consumers registered under the Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955, the donation to which are exempted from income tax, vide tariff order dated 25-07-2012. So, the appellant was issued with short assessment bills for Rs. 54,413.00 and Rs. 92,980.00 to recover the undercharged amount due to wrong fixation of tariff to consumer Nos. 41016 and 41017 respectively for the period from 12/12 to 06/2015. Aggrieved against this, the appellant approached with a petition before CGRF (Central), Ernakulam which was dismissed by the Forum vide order No. 92/2016-17 dated 29-12-2016. Not satisfied with the above decision, the appellant has filed this appeal petition before this Authority with a request to set aside the short assessment bills and to retain the tariff under LT VI A. Considering the above facts and legal provisions pertaining to the issue this Authority is of the considered view that the appellant’s premises are not eligible for LT VI A tariff. So, the appeal petition stands dismissed as it is found having no merits. However, it is made clear that the period of short assessment shall be limited for a maximum period of 24 months as per Regulation 152(3) of Supply Code, 2014. Installment facility, if any, requested by the appellant shall be sanctioned as per Regulation 152(4). The order of CGRF in No. 92/2016-17 dated 29-12-2016 is modified to the extent as ordered above. No order as to costs. |
| P/009/2017 The Administrator Ursala Hospital, Ambalappuzha
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| The service connection with consumer No. 867 is effected in favour of M/s. Ursala Hospital under Electrical Section Ambalappuzha under LT VI A tariff. The connected load of the premises is 70000 Watts. The Anti Power Theft Squad (APTS) Wing of KSEB Ltd conducted an inspection in the appellant’s premises on 25-05-2016 and detected that the tariff assigned to the appellant was LT VI A tariff instead of LT VI F. The appellant had been enjoying the concessional tariff, which is eligible only to those consumers having registration under the Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955, the donation to which are exempted from income tax. Since the appellant was billed under LT VI A tariff, a short assessment bill dated 27-05-2016 for Rs. 1,55,139.00 was issued towards the undercharged amount due to wrong fixation of tariff. Aggrieved against this, the appellant approached with a petition before CGRF (Central), Ernakulam, which was disposed of by the Forum vide order in OP No. 49/2016-17 dated 26-09-2016 by cancelling the short assessment bill dated 27-05-2016 for Rs. 1,55,139.00 and directed the respondent to change the tariff under LT VI F only after issuing a notice under Regulation 97 of Supply Code, 2014. Against the above order, the appellant has filed this appeal petition before this Authority with a request to retain the tariff under LT VI A till the appellant gets the certificate 80G from Income Tax Department. Considering the above facts and legal provisions pertaining to the issue this Authority is of the considered view that the appellant’s premises is not eligible for tariff under LT VI A. However, it is left open to the licensee to consider the issue afresh after observing the procedure for suo moto reclassification of consumer category as per Regulation 97 of Supply Code, 2014, to recover the undercharged amount due to wrong classification of tariff during the period in question. So, in view of the above findings, the appeal petition stands dismissed as it is found having no merits. The order of CGRF No. CGRF-CR/Comp.49/2016-17 dated 26-09-2016 is set aside. No order as to costs. |
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