West Bengal

Bankura

CC/19/2017

Dukha Bhajan Mondal - Complainant(s)

Versus

Station Manager, WBSEDCL Lalbazar CCC - Opp.Party(s)

Durgaprasad Sarkar

03 Jan 2023

ORDER

IN    THE   DISTRICT   CONSUMER   DISPUTES   REDRESSAL COMMISSION BANKURA

 Consumer  Complaint  No. 19/2017

Date of Filing : 06.03.2017

Before:

1. Samiran Dutta                Ld. President.      

2. Rina Mukherjee               Ld. Member. 

 

For the Complainant: Ld Advocate Durgaprasad Sarkar 

For the O.P. Ld. Advocate Jayanta Chowdhury

Complainant

DukhaBhanjan Mandal, Sunuk Pahari, Bankura

Opposite Party

Station Manager, WBSEDCL, Lal Bazar C.C.C., Bankura

                                                                                        FINAL ORDER/JUDGEMENT

Order No.28,

Dt.03- 01 -2023

Hazira is filed on behalf of the complainant through advocate.

Step is taken on behalf of the O.P. through advocate.

Concerned Station Manager is physically present before the Commission.

The case is fixed for argument.

Heard the argument from both sides at length.

After hearing arguments the Commission proceeds to dispose of the case as hereunder: -

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The Complainant case is that he is a bona fide Domestic Consumer of the O.P./WBSEDCL having Consumer I/D No.232019-735 and Meter No.55552452. Initially an electric Meter bearing No.HH112717 was installed but it was abandoned as it was found defective. And thereafter in the Year 2007 the said defective meter was replaced by the new meter as referred to above and a yellow card was issued in the name of the complainant. But due to wrong meter reading the complainant received electric bills for excessive amount from the month of October, 2015 to December, 2015 with billing data dated: 18-03-2016. Though the aforesaid bills were paid by the complainant but he has come before this Commission to get permanent relief with regard to the electric bills.

The O.P. filed Written Version denying material allegations made in the complaint  contending inter alia that all the deposited bills has been adjusted in full in the succeeding electric bills from time to time. In support of this contention relevant adjusted bills have been produced at the time of hearing and the Ld. Advocate for the complainant after going through those adjusted bills accepted the billing position. However he urged the Commission to pass necessary order against the O.P.  to prevent any such recurrence in future.

The concerned Station Manager assures before the Commission to send current bills henceforth without any discrepancy.

With this observation it is ordered that the  case is disposed of on merit by directing the O.P. to send electric bills  to the complainant on the basis of regular and correct meter readings  henceforth and adjust all the discrepancies in the existing bills if any.

Both parties be supplied copy of this judgement free of cost.

 

                           ____________________                                                                    _________________                   

                          HON’BLE   PRESIDENT                                                                 HON’BLE MEMBER