Per: Justice B.C. Kandpal, President (Oral):

This is an appeal under Section 15 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 against the order dated 04.03.2013 passed by the District Forum, Haridwar in consumer complaint No. 306 of 2011. By the order impugned, the District Forum has ex-parte allowed the consumer complaint against the appellants – opposite party and quashed the electricity bill in question and also directed the appellants to pay compensation of Rs. 50,000/- to the respondent – complainant within a period of one month from the date of the order.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case as mentioned in the consumer complaint, are that 18 years ago, the complainant had applied with the electricity department for a domestic electricity connection and also deposited sum of Rs. 600/- with the electricity department, but the complainant was not provided any electricity connection and no electricity line was installed upto the house of the complainant. It was alleged that the complainant has not consumed any electricity, but the electricity department has wrongly issued electricity bills to the complainant showing electricity connection No. 072091. On receipt of the first