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 P/015/2017 Sri Paramaswaran K. K., Ernakulam  |
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| The appellant, Sri K. K. Paramaswaran, is a commercial consumer (LT VII A) with consumer No. 34081, having a connected load of 4.9 kW, under Electrical Section, Palarivattom. The appellant submitted an application for an additional load of 120 kW on 15-12-2015 and is under processing. While being so, the appellant’s premises was inspected by the Assistant Engineer concerned on 28-09-2016 and detected that unauthorized additional load of 66.27 kW was connected and used in the premises. Hence the appellant was served with a provisional bill for an amount of Rs. 2,57,905.00 on 28-09-2016 towards the unauthorized additional load of 62 kW as per Section 126 of Electricity Act 2003. As the appellant had not filed any objection against the provisional bill, the respondent issued final bill on 06-10-2016. Aggrieved against this bill, the appellant had filed a petition dated 07-10-2016, before the CGRF, Ernakulam. But the CGRF has dismissed the petition with a finding that the petition comes under the purview of Section 126 of Electricity Act and has no authority to entertain the petition, vide its order No. CGRF–CR/ Comp. 88/2016-17 dated 23-12-2016. Feeling aggrieved by the decision of CGRF, the appellant has submitted the appeal petition before this Authority. In short, the appellant herein is not entitled to file a petition before this Authority against the bill raised under Section 126 of Electricity Act. It is therefore held that the remedy available to the appellant is only to file appeal before the Appellate Authority as per Section 127 of Electricity Act, 2003. It is made clear that for filing appeal a period of 30 days is allowed from the date of receipt of this order. The order of the CGRF is upheld. The appeal petition is rejected as not maintainable. No order as to costs. |
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