Guwahati: In a big boost to do the power of the power of Power Assam (APDCL) to control those who spoil electricity theft, the Gautati High Court recently dismissed the petition by the city-based steel industry who was seeking help from Bill of RS 2 Crore payments and a supposition of supplies power.
A source said the APDCL had identified 52 cases of unauthorized electricity and together they now owe the state-owned electricity company during Rs 200 Crore.
In this first case, M / S Shiv Boragaon alloy steel moved HC against the final assessment of Rs 2.78 Crores made by APDCL because of illegal electricity use and also prayed for the recovery of electrical connections.
Justice Proanta Kumar Deka on August 12 rejected the petition stating that “the same thing cannot be maintained because there is a specific alternative I.e.
Appellate authority is prescribed under section 127 of ACT, 2003.” Deka justice observes, “as held at the Assistant Collector Cute Collector, Chandan Nagar, West Bengal -Vs-Dunlop India Ltd.
and others (supra), if this problem involves income and laws that prescribe legal drugs, those things It should not do so it is considered through the legal mechanism.
“The applicant has a load connected 1200 kW and on June 9, the APDCL inspection team visited the applicant and found an external circuit used to disrupt energy recording by the measurement system and immediately cut off the power supply.
On the same day, the spasm was made and fired by the APDCL team at the Gorse Police Station, collecting the applicant with electricity theft.
After the assessment, the temporary assessment of the RS Bill 2.78.95.505 was presented at the applicant for the period November 23, 2020 to 9 June 2021, which was enforced by the APDCL Area Manager in the final assessment in July in July.
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Deka justice observes, “also stated that the applicant raised in the application was debated the question of the fact and moreover there was an adequate alternative medicine to decide on the questions in fact below 2003, section 127 of ACT, 2003 provided adequate alternative drugs and Effective in the form of appeal authority against the final assessment made based on section 126 ACT, 2003.
Writ applicants were harmed by technical and factual reasons as appointed in the Writ Petition.
And therefore the applicant is needed to appeal below Section 127 of the Electricity Law, 2003 .
“Additional Advocate General of Assam PN Goswami, who appeared to APDCL, said,” Hon’ble High Court rejected the petition such pieces can not be maintained.
as a result, the electrical current will not be restored, which is interrupted when the inspection team discovered the theft of electricity APDCL with steel Alloy Shiv M / S.