TAMIL NADU ELECTRICITY BOARD Vs. MURUGESWARI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE opposite party is the appellant. The complainant had availed service connection for her house by paying necessary deposit on 3.10.2008 and in the month of September, 2009 without any intimation or notice to the complainant the service was disconnected by the opposite party on the grounds that the passing of wire on the vacant site of the neighbour land was objected and supply would be made from the 40 feet proposed street in due course and thereby a consumer complaint came to be filed claiming restoration of service connection and damages for Rs. 1,00,000 towards loss of education to the children and Rs. 50,000 as deficiency of service and Rs. 35,000 as compensation for -mental agony and Rs. 10,000 as costs.

(2.) AGGRIEVED by the impugned order, the appellant/opposite party contended in this appeal that the District Forum erroneously allowed the complaint without considering the details of the appellant. Since the adjacent land owner sent an objection letter dated 31.8.2009 to remove the service connection above his land and based on the same the complainant was addressed a letter on 31.8.2009 to decide the service route and the complainant sent a reply stating that she is going to demolish the old house to construct new house in the same place hence the service connection already given can be disconnected permanently as per letter dated 14.9.2009. Hence, the service connection was disconnected and as per Sections 6 and 7 of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Supply Code and there is no deficiency in service on their part.

(3.) WHEN the appeal taken up for hearing the appellant even though sufficient chances was given not appeared to argue the case and thereby after hearing the respondent side arguments the order being passed on merits.