ORDER BY HON’BLE PRESIDENT- MR. P.K. PADHI:

                                                                                             JUDGMENT

            Complainant has filed this consumer complaint U/s.12 of C.P. Act, 1986 seeking following reliefs;

            “Direct the opposite parties to reduce the excess bill and revise the bill as correct and there after adjust the Rs.8,000/- with bill amount and reconnection the power supply to the premises of the complainant bearing consumer No.04088880”.

            The brief fact of the case is that, the complainant consumes electric current and paying the electric dues regularly and in December, 2008 the opposite parties installed new meter in the premises of the complainant and collected electric bill as per meter reading. The said meter was defect in the month of June, 2018 but till then opposite parties not change the defective meter and regularly supply electric bill as huge amount which is higher than actual consumption of electric current.  Thereafter opposite parties supplied electric bill in each and every month on average basis including excess Rs.18,000/- without reason in the regular bill. Without revising the bill the opposite parties collected their electric bill from complainant regularly more than actual consumption of units per month and excess amount imposed by opposite parties and illegally demands to the complainant and disconnect the electric line from the premises of the complainant on 31.01.2020.  

            Opposite parties filed written version stating as under;

            As per the interim order dtd.03.02.2020 of this Hon’ble Commission in misc case No.39/2020 (arising out of C.C. No.45/2020) the power supply of consumer No.04088880 has been reconnected after receiving Rs.3,000/- from the complainant. When the complainant approached the opposite party an amicable settlement has been done between the complainant and the opposite party on 07.3.2020 at the electrical sub-division office, Paradeep. Accordingly an amount of Rs.18,030/- will be deducted from the electricity bill of complainant.

            Both parties are long absent. We have gone through the records and found that the electric connection has already been supplied after deposit of Rs.3,000/- as per order dtd.03.02.2020 and the matter has been settled amicably by deducting Rs.18,030/- and complainant agreed to pay outstanding of Rs.16,242.30 paisa. Since the matter has already been settled between the parties there remains nothing to be adjudicated and if the amount has not been paid then complainant may be allowed to clear the arrear dues within six months in six monthly installments. With the aforesaid observation and direction consumer complaint is disposed of. No cost.