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2019 Supreme(Online)(All) 69

ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
Abhinava Upadhya, Jayant Banerji, JJ.
Tehsil Bar Association v. State Of U. P.
W. C. No. 6115 of 2019



The petitioners are entitled to challenge improper billing of electricity rates and seek correct categorization under domestic tariff.

Headnote:The petitioners filed a writ petition regarding alleged improper billing of electricity under commercial rates despite being entitled to domestic rates as per the tariff schedule for 2016-17. The Court observed that if the petitioners submit a representation, the Executive Engineer must consider it within two months. The verdict indicates that the electricity bills may need correction based on a review of the submitted representation.

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1. challenge to improper electricity billing and representation requirement. (Para 1)
2. court mandates executive engineer's review within two months. (Para 2)

1. By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have come to this Court raising a grievance that in the court campus of Tehsil Bar Association, Sadar Tehsil, Gandhi Nagar district Ghaziabad in the advocates chamber, the electricity connection has been installed and the bill is being charged on commercial basis whereas tariff schedule for the financial year 2016-17 clearly states that LMV - 1 (domestic) would be applicable to the chambers of professionals such as advocates, doctors, artists, consultants etc. Under the Right to Information Act, the information supplied to the petitioner on 13/08/2017 is that the meters installed in the advocates' chamber comes under domestic category. However, it is stated that the bills are being sent for commercial category.

2. The writ petition is disposed of with the observations that in case the petitioners make a representation to the Executive Engineer, Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd., Meerut, the same be considered and appropriate orders be passed and, if so required, electricity bills be corrected. The said decision shall be taken by the Executive Engineer within a period of two months from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him.

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