Orissa

Rayagada

CC/85/2018

Laxmi Narayana Padhi - Complainant(s)

Versus

The Executive Engineer Electt. - Opp.Party(s)

Self

10 May 2023

ORDER

DISTRICT CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION RAYAGADA, ODISHA.

Date of Institution: 07.06.2018

      Date of Final Hearing: 23.03.2023

          Date of  Pronouncement: 10.05.2023

CONSUMER COMPLAINT NO.85 / 2018

 

Sri Laxmi Narayana  Padhi,

S/O:  Rama Krishna Padhi, Brahmin Street,

Post/Dist: Rayagada, 765 001.

(Represented  in person)                                                      …Complainant

 

Versus

1.The Executive Engineer, Electrical Division,

TPSODL, Rayagada.

2.The Sub-divisional  Officer, Electrical Sub-division,

TPSODL,  Rayagada.

(Through self  for the  O.Ps)                                       …Opposite Parties

 

Present:          1. Sri Rajendra Kumar Panda, President.

ORDER

Sri Rajendra Kumar Panda, President

Brief facts of the case:-

Case in hand is the allegation of  deficiency in service and unfair trade practice by the O.Ps  for  non receipt of actual electricity bill  in each  month bearing Consumer No. 311101210034 due to defective meter which  the complainant sought  redressal.

On being noticed the O.Ps  appeared and filed  written version.

Heard from the  parties.  Perused the record, documents filed  by  both the parties.

During the course of hearing the complainant was  present  in person  before the  commission.

The O.Ps in their written version  in para No.5  submitted that  the O.Ps are  ready to  change the  Electric new  meter  and   to revise the bill  accordingly.

Hence to  meet the ends of justice, the following order is passed.

                                    ORDER.

In resultant  the complaint petition is  hereby allowed  in part.  

The  O.Ps are directed to replace the existing  meter of the complainant with a new one defective free  Meter within  one month from the date of  receipt of this order as per rules and regulations made under Electricity Act, 2003 to avoid future disputes and the  consumer is also directed  to  co-operate  with the O.Ps in this regard. The  O.Ps are ordered to calculate the average  consumption of  3(three) months in new  Electric meter and accordingly  revise the electric bill  of the consumer  No.311101210034 for the period  from Dtd. 01.01.2013  on wards. There is   no order   as to cost.

Miscellaneous  order if any  delivered by this  commission  relating to this case  stands vacated. 

Pronounced in the open court of this Commission today on this 10^th. Day of    May, 2023 under the  seal  & signature of  this Commission.

Dictated and corrected  by me.                                                                   

PRESIDENT

A copy of this order be provided to all the parties at  free of cost as mandated by the Consumer Protection Act,  2019 or they may download same from the confonet.nic.in to treat the same as if copy of order received from this Commission.

The judgment be uploaded forthwith on the website of the Commission for the perusal of the parties.

File be consigned to the record room along with a copy of this Judgment.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       PRESIDENT

 

PRONOUNCED ON  Dated.10.05.2023