Orissa

Jajapur

CC/109/2019

Arjun Mohanty. - Complainant(s)

Versus

Executive Engineer,Electrical Jajpur town,Electrical Division. - Opp.Party(s)

U.C.Das

16 Oct 2020

ORDER

                IN THE DISTRICT CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION, JAJPUR.

                                                        Present:      1.Shri Jiban ballav Das , President

                                                                            2.Sri Pitabas Mohanty, Member,

                                                                            3.Miss Smita Ray, Lady Member.                        

                                              Dated the 16 TH day of October ,2020.

                                                      C.C.Case No.109 of 2019

Arjun Mohanty   S/O Late  Sankar Mohanty   

Vill . Barei ,P.O.Badabiruhan  

P.S. Panikoili  , Dist.-Jajpur.                                                                            …… ……....Complainant .                                                                       

                   (Versus)

Executive Engineer,Electrial Jajpur Town ,Electrical Division

At/P.O/ Jajpur Town , Dt. Jajpur.                             ……………..Opp.Parties.                                                                                                                  

  For the Complainant:                Sri U.C.Das, Advocate.

For the Opp.Party:                   Sri B.K.Mohanty, S.N.Pattnaik,G.R.Mohanty ,B.Rana, Advocates.                                                                                                 

 MISS  SMITA  RAY, LADY  MEMBER .                                                 Date of order:  16.10.2020.

 

Deficiency   in electrical service is the grievance of the petitioner.

            The fact of the complaint  petition in short is that the petitioner is a domestic consumer before the O.P of panikoili  section of Jajpur Town  Sub division -1  vide domestic  consumer old account no.JPT-6162  corresponding to consumer No. 612113020339 (new) since last 15 years . Since from the date of  taking  service  connection to the premises  of the petitioner,  regularly he is  paying  the electric dues and has obtained money receipt as per his payment  paid  to the collection agent  but it is a matter of great  regret that most of the time the O.P also served more additional amount in the  bills without deducting  the bill amount paid by the petitioner. So the petitioner facing much difficulties towards  payment of  bill before the electric authority and after several request they do not co-operate  with  the petitioner for correction of the arrear amount . That at the time of giving feasibility as a  domestic electric consumer   the O.ps supplied meter  and the  cost of meter though has been  paid by the petitioner but the petitioner is paying  the  bill regularly  and  consume maximum  60 to 70 units and bill paid up to Rs.40  to Rs. 50 as meter rent . That in the year of 2010 the meter  of the  consumer is damaged  and taking advantage  the billing authority calculated the same in load factor basis .That in this regard the petitioner  approached   the  Section officer / J.E at Panikoili  and Asst .Engineer/ S.D.O, Jajpur  for several times but they never listen to  the request of the petitioner  . The petitioner is a poor man  and he              has no sufficient income to pay the illegal demand  charged  by the O.P  after payment of  the regular  monthly electric dues. Accordingly finding no other alternative the petitioner filed this dispute before this commission with the prayer to pass necessary order  for exemption of  illegal demand .

            After receipt of  notice   the O.Ps  appeared through their learned advocate and  subsequently filed their written version  taking the stands

That the petitioner is not a consumer under the Executive engineer, Jajpur Town, Electrical Division. He is a consumer under Panikoili Electrical Section, which comes under the jurisdiction of Jajpur Road Electrical division. The paid amount by the petitioner has been  deducted regularly from the balance dues of the petitioner .The petitioner has never approached any concerned officer of the department regarding correction of his bill. The petitioner is avoiding to make payment of electrical dues rightly charged by the O.P company.  Moreover the claim falsely made by the petitioner is hopelessly barred by limitation. Such false claim can not be entertained at this stage. That no error has been committed by the O.P company in billing the electrical dues of the petitioner . No negligence has ever been committed either by him or by his company .

            In the aforesaid circumstances such proceeding is liable to be dismissed being devoid of any merit.

On the date of hearing we heard the argument from the learned  advocate  of  both the sides.

After perusal of the  record and documents in details it is undisputed fact that the  petitioner is a domestic consumer before  the O.P  but there is no documents filed on behalf  of the petitioner or O.P   that  he has paid the electric dues regularly . Accordingly without going through  the details  of the dispute we dispose of  the dispute as per order below:-

The petitioner  is directed to produce the details receipt which are not deducted  from the arrear of  electric dues of the petitioner   before the O.P within 15 days after  receipt of this order. The O.Ps  are also directed to deduct electric arrear  amount(  if any) which are not deducted earlier from the arrear electricity dues of the petitioner  within 15 days after receipt  of the  details from the petitioner and the revised  arrear bill  calculated  be served to the petitioner within one month after receipt of this order. No cost.

                                                 

This order is pronounced in the open Commission on this the 16th day of October,2020. under our hand and seal of the Commission.                                                                                             

 

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