ASHOK MENON, J.

1. Since common questions arise in these two Writ Appeals filed by the writ petitioner-KSEB challenging the judgment and order of the learned Single Judge in WP(C) No.9976/2014 and ZWPC No.152/2014 respectively, both these appeals are disposed of together by this common judgment.

2. Both the Writ Petitions were filed by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) challenging the orders of the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum (CDRF) as well as the appellate judgments of the Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. The question pertains to jurisdiction of the CDRF to decide the matters which come under the scope of Section 126 of the Kerala Electricity Act, 2003 ('Act' for short). It is the submission for the KSEB that the CDRF does not have the jurisdiction to decide such matters and therefore, the orders of the CDRF as well as the appellate judgments of the State commission are unsustainable and liable to be set aside. The learned counsel for the KSEB has relied upon the decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in 2013 (3) KLT SN 29 [Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd v. Anis Ahamed], AIR 2000 Ker. 250 [General Manager Telecom, Trivandrum v. Consum