K. SURENDRA MOHAN, AJITH KUMAR D., RADHAKRISHNAN K. R.
Assistant Engineer, KSEB – Appellant
Versus
Sukumaran Ambadi – Respondent
ORDER
K.R. Radhakrishnan, Member—This is an appeal filed under section 15 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 by the opposite parties in C.C.No.122/2012 on the file of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Thrissur (the District Commission for short). As per the order dated 29.06.2018, the District Commission allowed the complaint and directed the opposite parties to pay Rs.20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand) as compensation for deficiency in service and Rs.5,000/-(Rupees Five Thousand) as costs of the complaint. They were further directed to adjust this amount to the future bills of the complainant from July, 2018 to December, 2018.
2. The brief details of the complaint are as follows:—
The complaint pertains to the inordinate delay in the installation of a transformer in the premises of the complainant. The complainant is a consumer of the opposite parties and the electric connection was given to his building constructed for his livelihood by means of self-employment. An amount of Rs.2,40,000/-(Rupees Two Lakhs Forty Thousand) was paid on 29.01.2011 for installing the transformer for giving electricity to the building. There was inordinate delay in the installation o
(1) Once a judicial forum comes to conclusion that it lacks jurisdiction in the matter, it must refrain from making any observations on merits of case.(2) Electricity – Being a customer/consumer with....
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