The petitioner says that she is running a hospital under the

name 'Kerala ENT Research Foundation (KERF)', which consumes

electricity under a connection afforded to them by the Kerala

State Electricity Board Ltd. (KSEB), with consumer No.7521

under the LT VI G tariff. It appears that on 5.10.2017, the Anti

Power Theft Squade (APTS) inspected the premises of the

petitioner to detect that she was consuming unauthorised load as

also that one of the phases in her electric supply meter was

defective. On such basis, the KSEB short assessed her to an

amount of Rs.4,02,475/- through Ext.P2, which was subsequently

revised, as per Ext.P4, to Rs.2,04,170/-.

2. The petitioner says that she challenged the afore demand

before the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum of the KSEB,

which rejected it through Ext.P6 and that she, therefore,

preferred an appeal before the State Electricity Ombudsman,

which finally culminated in Ext.P7 order. She further says that

she had also taken up the issue of unauthorised load before the

Kerala State Electricity Appellate Authority through Ext.P5,

which, according to her, finally has led to the same bei