NCDRC

NCDRC

RP/1041/2010

KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD & ANR. - Complainant(s)

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SHAKE MUHAMMED & ORS. - Opp.Party(s)

MR. M.T. GEORGE

06 Apr 2010

ORDER


NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSIONNEW DELHIREVISION PETITION NO. 1041 OF 2010
(Against the Order dated 23/07/2009 in Appeal No. 186/2006 of the State Commission Kerala)
1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD & ANR.The Secretary, Kerala State Electricity Board, Vaiduthy Bhavan, PatoomThiruvanathapuramKerala2. THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARDElectrical Section, Chambalam P.O., Kollar, NedumkandamIdukkiKerala ...........Petitioner(s)
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1. SHAKE MUHAMMED & ORS.Shake Muhammed Estate, Udumbanchola P.O.IdukkiKerala2. P.V. THANKACHAN, LINEMAN, KSEB UDUMBANCHOLA AREANedumkandam SectionIdukkiKerala3. THE AGRICULTURE OFFICERKrishi Bhavan, Udumbanchola P.O., UdumbancholaIddukiKerala ...........Respondent(s)

BEFORE:
HON'BLE MR. ANUPAM DASGUPTA ,PRESIDING MEMBER
For the Petitioner :NEMO
For the Respondent :NEMO

Dated : 06 Apr 2010
ORDER

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This revision petition was dismissed by an order of even date, for reasons to be recorded separately. The reasons are as follows:- 2. Today (06.04.2010) five revisions petitions filed by the main petitioner, Kerala State Electricity Board have come up for hearing. Of these, four petitions have been filed after long delays ranging from 84 to as many as 338 days. This petition has been filed after a delay of 84 days. In each case, including this, an application for condoning the delay has been filed. It is a stereotyped application, the text of which is identical except for the dates of the respective impugned orders and the number of days of delay. The only reason cited for delay, in this as well as the three other petitions, is the same, viz., the time that the officials concerned of the petitioner Board took to (a) consider whether a revision petition ought to be filed and then (b) obtain the ‘sanction’ of the Secretary. These are no reasons, to say the least, for condoning such delays. The application reflects, if any thing, merely unexplained administrative sloth and indifference. I am, ..3.. therefore, not inclined to condone the delay in this case. The petition is thus liable to be dismissed on this ground alone. 3. Even on merits, the petition does not survive. As rightly held by both the Fora below, there was no reason why the Board could not furnish the details of the so-called minimum demand charges to the respondent/complainant and failed to produce the details even before the State Commission on grounds which were totally untenable.



......................ANUPAM DASGUPTAPRESIDING MEMBER