(Per: C.C. Pant, Member):

This appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 30.01.2008 passed by the District Forum, Haridwar in consumer complaint No. 202 of 2006. Vide its order, the District Forum has allowed the consumer complaint with a cost of Rs. 2,000/- and directed the opposite party, Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd. (in short “UPCL”), to issue electricity bills pertaining to the period prior to the year 2006, when UPCL started sending bills to the complainant on the basis of actual meter unit, for the minimum charges after adjusting the bill amount already deposited by the complainant. The District Forum has also directed the opposite party to reconnect the electricity connection of the complainant within three days from the date of depositing the bill amount by the complainant.

2. The facts of the case, in brief, are that the complainant – Smt. Prem Lata, now deceased, had taken an electricity connection No. 425/49289 on 10.02.1998 from the UPCL for her residence. The complainant has alleged that the opposite party – UPCL through its Executive Engineer, EDD, Mayapur, Haridwar, did not send any electricity bill since the date of connection, though her