CONSUMER PROTECTION COUNCIL Vs. AHMEDABAD ELECTRICITY CO LTD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) IN this petition filed by the Consumer Protection Council, Ahmedabad with the Ahmedabad Electricity Co. Ltd, and the Coal INdia Ltd. , as Respondents, the main grievances voiced by the registered consumer association concern the method of fixation of the charges for electricity supplied by the First Respondent company, the inadequacy of the rate of interest allowed by the company on security deposits, the alleged illegality involved in the levy of fixed charge and energy charge separately from the consumers, the alleged defective condition of the meters that are affixed at the premises of the various consumers by the Respondent company and the alleged uneconomic and inefficient manner in which the First Respondent company is conducting its affairs in the matter of generation, supply and distribution of electricity, more particularly with reference to the losses in transmission and distribution and generally with reference to the cost incurred by them in the generation of electrical energy.

(2.) TWO of the aforementioned points are fully covered by us in the order passed by us in a similar petition filed by another consumer association, Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat, as against the First Respondent-Original Petition No. 14 of 1989- In that order, we have recorded our conclusion that the challenge raised against the levy of fixed charge and fuel adjustment charge are devoid of merits.