V.B. Gupta, Presiding Member—In this revision petition, there is challenge to order dated 1.2.2010 passed by Bihar State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Patna (for short ‘State Commission’). Vide impugned order, State Commission dismissed the appeal of the petitioner.

2. Brief facts are that respondent/complainant is widow of late Dr.Surendra Narayan, in whose name electricity connection under domestic category for 1 KW was there. Meter of respondent was defective and she had been paying electric bills regularly on fixed rate of 200 united per month. She paid all the bills upto February, 2002. On 1.11.2001, she purchased a new meter and submitted to the petitioners/opposite parties for its verification and testing and after that it was installed removing the old one.

3. It is alleged by the respondent that suddenly she received an electric bill of Rs.41,612.28 for the month of March, 2002 under commercial category. Thereafter, another bill of Rs.48,414.07 for the month of June, 2002 was sent to her. She made several representations to the petitioners but in vain. After that on 29.8.2002, a complaint was filed before District Consumer Protection Forum, Bhagalpur (for s