MANOJ KUMAR SAHU Vs. JHARKHAND STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner has challenged energy bill issued for the month of November, 2001 and onwards against Consumer No. SRC -52/SKL -210 on the ground that the bills are arbitrarily having made without assessing the valid connected load.

(2.) ACCORDING to respondents an inspection was made by the Additional Assistant Electrical Engineer, Electric Supply 3ub -Division (Urban), Seraikella in presence of a representative of petitioner on 25th September, 2001. The consumer -petitioner was found consuming electrical energy by way of illegal means, an unauthorised extension of his connected load for 4 KW taken in place of 1 KW sanctioned load. The respondents have every right to detect the unauthorised and illegal extension of connected load pilferage of electricity and to serve bill accordingly as per clause 16.9(8) III of 1993 tariff.