Mr. Justice Navin Chandra Sharma, President—This appeal has been filed by M/s. Mahendra Kumar Ashok Kumar through its partner Ashok Kumar Agarwal against the order of the District Forum, Jaipur dated 23.10.92 whereby his complaint under Section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was dismissed.

2. M/s. Mahendra Kumar Ashok Kumar is a partnership firm and it carries on business in Johari Bazar, Jaipur. The firm had taken electricity connection on 29.12.86 from the Rajasthan State Electricity Board. According to the complainant the electricity meter was working correctly and the complainant had been paying the electricity bills according to meter reading. However in the month of Aug., 1989 the firm received an electricity consumption bill for an amount of Rs. 18,137.45. The amount of this electricity bill was stated to be illegal. The complainant alleged in the complaint that he had not used electricity during the period from 2.9.86 to 25.6.87. He also alleged that the electricity meter had never stopped. He further stated on 12.1.87 he had intimated to the Electricity Board that he was not using electricity. He prayed that the Electricity Board may be directed to allow depos