( 1 ) THIS appeal under Section 125 of the of the Electricity Act, 2003 (hereinafter for short "the Act") is directed against the judgment and order dated 29th March, 2006 passed by the appellate Tribunal for Electricity whereby the appellate Tribunal has allowed the appeals filed by the distribution companies and set aside the orders passed by the Maharashtra electricity Regulatory Commission (hereinafter for short "the Commission") dated 23. 2. 2005. The Commission on 3. 8. 2004 addressed a notice to all its licensees/distribution companies in Maharashtra and made an inquiry from them with regard to raising of the bills by the said licensees/distribution companies on the basis other than the actual meter reading for the relevant period, when large variations in consumption were noticed, or for other reasons. The notice dated 3. 8. 2004 sent by the Commission to all its licensees/distribution companies reads as under :-

"several instances have come to the commission's notice of so-called "amendment", "supplementary" or other such bills being raised by some licensees to consumers, often several years later, on a basis other than the actual meter reading for the relevant period, whe