First Appeal No. 893 of 2012. Case: NESCO Vs Baburam Behera. Orissa State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
| Case Number | First Appeal No. 893 of 2012 |
| Counsel | For Appellant: S.C. Dash, Advocate and For Respondents: M/s. B.P. Dash and Associates |
| Judges | R.N. Biswal, J. (President) and Smarita Mohanty, Member |
| Issue | Electricity Act, 2003 - Sections 126, 135, 140 |
| Citation | III (2014) CPJ 15 |
| Judgement Date | Friday May 30, 2014 |
| Court | Orissa State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission |
Order:
R.N. Biswal, J. (President)
In this appeal, the appellants call in question the order dated 18.4.2012 passed by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Balasore (hereinafter referred to as District Forum) in C.D. Case No. 10 of 2010 directing them to waive out the entire penal bill imposed against the respondent and to pay litigation cost of Rs. 2,000 to him within a period of one month from the date of receipt of the order. Respondent is the complainant and appellants are opposite parties in the aforesaid C.D. Case before the learned District Forum.
Succinctly stated, the case of complainant is that in the month of April, 2005, he took electricity connection having Consumer No. 1-3852/S.I. to his S.I. Unit installed at his village Badadhandi under Balasore District. Since then he was paying the electricity dues regularly as per bills issued by the opposite parties, but surprisingly on 31.3.2009, he received a bill from the opposite parties showing that an amount of Rs. 28,424 was pending against him as arrear. He came to know from the opposite parties that on inspection of his Unit on 11.1.2009, it was found that he was using electricity unauthorizedly, which is a cocks and bull story. Hence, he filed the aforesaid C.D. Case to direct the opposite parties to correct...
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