B.K. Taimni, Member—Petitioner was the complainant before the District Forum, where he had filed a complaint alleging deficiency in service on the part of the respondent, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as MSEDC).

2. Briefly stated the facts leading to filing the complaint were that the petitioner who is the owner of a restaurant by name, “Fun-n-Food”, for which he had obtained an electricity connection from the respondents. It was the case of the complainant that a regular meter was installed in the said premises, which was replaced by the officials of the respondent some time on 24.12.2002 with a CT meter. The complainant was not happy with this and this was brought to the notice of the respondent. Complaints were made by him relating to faulty meter but no action was taken. The first bill for the new meter for the period from 24.12.2002 to 31.3.03 was shown at Zero. Second bill for the period from 31.3.03 to 30.4.03 showing consumption of 6545 units for Rs.37,592 was issued, which was on the high side. The matter was taken-up with the concerned Assistant Engineer. After some discussion, the petitioner paid Rs. 25,000 against the