ORDER

R. Subbiah, President.—This First Appeal is filed against the impugned order, dated 26.10.2018, passed by the DCDRF, Thiruvallur, in C.C. No.15 of 2017, whereby, the District Forum partly allowed the complaint filed by the respondent herein with costs of Rs.5,000/- and ordered cancellation of the demand made by the Opposite Parties/appellants herein, insisting upon the complainant to pay a sum of Rs.14,967/- towards RC/BPSC charges.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to in the course of this Order, as per their respective rankings before the District Forum.

In brief, the case of the complainant, as averred in the complaint filed before the District Forum, is as follows:

The complainant is the owner of the terraced house bearing Plot No.22, Annai Velankanni Nagar, Veppampattu, Thiruvallur Taluk and two electric service connections in respect of the said plot under S.C. Nos.551-001-452 and 551-110-1347 were over-assessed for the month of May, 2015. As per the OPs’ consumer card, 1120 units were consumed, for which, the complainant had paid Rs.5,562/-. On a complaint made by him, a new Meter was installed and, on 25.07.2015, a sum of Rs.4,678/- was collec