DATE OF DISPOSAL: 07.10.2024

PER:  SRI SATISH KUMAR PANIGRAHI, PRESIDENT

            This case is put up today for consideration on the point of admission. The advocate for the complainant is present and filed hazira. The Commission heard on the point of admissibility of the complaint and gone through the documents filed alongwith complaint. It is revealed that the complaint is related to the Section 126 of the Electricity Act, 2003. Hence in view of the order of Hon’ble High Court of Odisha in W.P.(C) No. 20469/2024 in between The S.D.O. Electrical (TPSODL), Electrical Sub- Division, Bijipur, Ganjam and ors versus Smt. Sarmila Kumari Panigrahy & Another. As per above decision of law this District Commission has no jurisdiction to admit the case and dismissed and the complainant is at liberty to file her complaint before any Court of Law having competent jurisdiction for redressal of her grievance and she may avail the benefits under Section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963 in the best interest of justice.

            A certified copy of this judgment be provided to the complainant free of cost as mandated by the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.

The file is to be consigned to the record room along with a copy of this Judgment.