BEFORE THE TELANGANA STATE CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION:HYDERABAD (ADDITIONAL BENCH)

FA. No.390/2018 AGAINST ORDERS IN CC. No.175/2016 ON THE FILE OF DISTRICT CONSUMER FORUM, RANGAREDDY Between :

1. The Superintending Engineer, Operations, Rangareddy, North Circle, TSSPDCL, Gunrock, Beside LIC Office, Tirumalgiri, Secunderabad.

2. The Divisional Engineer, Operation, North Circle, TSSPDCL at Road No.11, Plot No.10, Phase-I, Jeedimetla, Rangareddy District.

3. The Asst. Divisional Engineer, Operation, North Circle, TSSPDCL at Road No.11, Plot No.10, Phase-I, Jeedimetla, Rangareddy District.

4. The Addl. Divisional Engineer, Operation, North Circle, TSSPDCL at Road No.11, Plot No.10, Phase-I, Jeedimetla, Rangareddy District.

…Appellants/Opposite parties And Sri Padma Sri Ice Industry, rep. by its Agreement Holder/Occupier/Beneficiary, Md. Aasham Pasha, C/o. Sri Padma Sri Ice Industry, Aged about: 36 years, Occ: Self Employment, R/o. Plot No.413 & 414, Bowrampet Village, QuthbullahpurMandal, Rangareddy District.

…Respondent/Complainant Counsel for the Appellants/Opp. parties: M/s. R. Vonod Reddy & Mr. A.

Jaya Raju Counsel for the Respondent/Complainant : M/s. Siddiqa Syed QUORUM: Hon’ble Sri Kolla Ranga Rao, Member -Judicial, &

Hon’ble Smt. R. S. Rajeshree, Member Non-Judicial THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY FIVE *****

ORDER : (HON’BLE SMT.R.S.RAJESHREE, MEMBER NON- JUDICIAL

1. This appeal is filed on U/s.15 of C.P. Act, 1986, by the Opposite Party, being aggrieved by the order of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Rangareddy, dt.27.10.2017, in CC. No175/2016, wherein the District Forum had passed the following orders:-

“The complaint is allowed and the bill dated 13.05.2016 for Rs.8,56,406/- is declared as invalid and cancelled and the Opposite Parties are jointly and severally directed to resolve their technical problem in generating their electricity bills as per actual consumption and if need be, the old meter may be replaced with a new one and also directed to calculate the monthly bills based on average consumption of the ice factory during the dispute period i.e., from the date of complaint (25.05.2016) till the issue is resolved. The Opposite Parties are further directed to pay a compensation of Rs.1,00,000/- along with interest @9% p.a., till realization for the inconvenience, hardship and mental agony caused by the Opposite Parties and finally directed to pay Rs.5,000/- as costs of litigation. Time for compliance is 30 days, failing which the interest will be enhanced to 12% p.a., till realization.”

2. For the sake of convenience the parties as described as complainant and opposite party as arrayed in the original complaint.

The brief averments of the complaint in CC.175/2016 are that the Complainant is a self-employed man running Ice industries to earn his livelihood. That he had taken the possession of the said Ice industry from its previous owner by way of an unregistered sale deed in the month of September, 2015, but however, started running the Ice industry only from the month of January, 2016. That as the previous owner incurred loss in his business he had not paid the electricity bill for the month of September, 2014, due to which the electricity was disconnected from the Ice industry. That on 24.08.2015 the Complainant paid an amount of Rs.2,00,000/- towards the reconnection charges accordingly the electricity connection was restored in the month of January, 2016. On 11.02.2016 a bill for Rs.61,286/- was issued for the period of 28.09.2014 to 11.02.2016.

The same was cleared by the Complainant on 23.02.2016, vide receipt No.0069633. That for a period from 12.02.2016 to 12.04.2016 no bills were issued by the Opposite Parties despite several requests from the Complainant. However, on 13.05.2016 the Opposite Parties issued a bill for an amount of Rs.8,56,406/- covering for a period of 13.04.2016 to 13.05.2016. That the power consumption of plant was never above 26,000 units