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 P/056/2017 Smt. C. Manka, Kollam 
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| The electric service connection, consumer No.9670, under Chathannoor Electrical Section, stands in the name of Smt. Manka. The service connection is under LT IA domestic tariff and the connected load is 380 watts. A short assessment bill for Rs. 4,193/‐ was issued to the appellant, for the meter faulty period of 11/2012 to 03/2015 on the basis of the audit report of the Audit wing of KSEB. Aggrieved against the impugned bill, the appellant filed a complaint before the CGRF, Kottarakkara on 03-01-2017. The Forum quashed the short assessment bill for Rs. 4,193/- and directed the respondent to revise the bill for a period of two billing cycles.Not satisfied with the decision of CGRF, vide OP No. 337/2017 dated 22-04-2017, the appellant has submitted the Appeal petition before this Authority. From the above noted analysis, findings and the conclusions arrived at I decided to allow the petition by quashing the short assessment bills issued to the appellant and also set aside the order of CGRF, Kottarakkara revising the bill for Rs. 4,193/- for a period of two billing cycles. It is found that the average fixed during the faulty period based on the consumption of previous period is again reassessed by the respondent. |
| P/052/2017 Sri. Arun R Chandran, Ernakulam
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| The appellant represents M/s Indus Towers Ltd., a company providing passive infra structure service to telecommunication providers. The consumer number of the appellant’s three phase service connection is 23195 with tariff LT VI F which is coming under the jurisdiction of Electrical Section, Parassala, Thiruvananthapuram. The appellant is paying the current charges regularly without any dues or delay. But the respondent as per the invoice dated 08-11-2016 directed the appellant to remit an amount of Rs. 43,256/- being the short assessment based on the findings that the meter was faulty for the period from 05/2014 to 12-01-2015. An objection against the demand was filed before the Assistant Engineer on 18-11-2016. He rejected the petition without quoting any valid reason or regulations and directed the appellant to remit the short assessed amount. Against the short assessment bill, the appellant had approached the Hon’ble CGRF (SR) by filing a petition No. 330/2016. The Forum quashed the short assessment bill dated 08-11-2016 and directed the respondent to revise the bill foe two billing cycles based on the average of succeeding three billing cycles after the meter replacement. Aggrieved against this, the appellant has submitted this appeal petition before this Authority. In view of the above findings, the revised short assessment dated 26-04-2017 for Rs. 43,559/- is hereby quashed. The order dated 30-03-2017 of CGRF (SR) in OP No. 330/2016 is set aside. Having concluded and decided as above, it is ordered accordingly. No order as to costs. |
| P/054/2017 Sri. Arun R Chandran, Ernakulam
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| The appellant represents M/s Indus Towers Ltd., a company providing passive infra structure service to telecommunication providers. The consumer number of the appellant’s three phase service connection is 10510 with tariff LT VI F which is coming under the jurisdiction of Electrical Section, Neendoor, Kottayam. The appellant is paying the current charges regularly without any dues or delay. But the respondent as per the invoice dated 31-08-2016 directed the appellant to remit an amount of Rs. 2,14,147/- being the short assessment based on the findings that the meter was faulty for the period from 03-08-2015 to 28-07-2016. An objection against the demand was filed before the Assistant Engineer on 21-09-2016. He rejected the petition without quoting any valid reason or regulations and directed the appellant to remit the short assessed amount. Another short assessment bill dated 27-06-2016 was seen issued by the licensee for the same period of the above short assessment and the bill amount was Rs. 17,414 which pertains the periods of 12/2014, 08/2015 and 09/2015. The appellant had filed an objection against the bill before the Assistant Engineer, Electrical-section Neendoor on 28-07-2016. The service connection was disconnected on 30-07-2016 due to the non-payment of the short assessment bill. Since the electrical connection in the site was inevitable for the operation of the appellant’s mobile tower, appellant had remitted the short assessment bill with protest and the service connection was reconnected on 03-08-2016. Against the short assessment bills, the appellant had approached the Hon’ble CGRF (SR) by filing a petition No. 276/2016. The Forum dismissed the petition due to lack of merit, vide the order dated 28-03-2017. Aggrieved against this, the appellant has submitted this appeal petition before this Authority. From the analysis done and the conclusions arrived at, which are detailed above, I take the following decisions. The order dated 28-03-2017 issued by the CGRF, Kottarakkara, in Petition No. 276/2016 is upheld. Having concluded and decided as above, it is ordered accordingly. No order on costs. |
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