other than for which the usage of electricity was
authorized."
Section 127 of the Electricity Act, 2003
"127.Appeal to appellate authority ... assessing
authorities established under the provisions of section 126 and 127 of the
Electricity Act by entertaining the complaint holding the impugned dispute
prescribed u/s 126 of Electricity Act is not followed, the officers of electricity company are not empowered to act according to their whims ... Consumer Forum. The remedy open is appeal u/s 127 of Electricity Act, 2003, it was further held that final decision by an assessing officer
Consumer Forum. The remedy open is appeal u/s 127 of Electricity Act, 2003 it was further held that final decision by an assessing officer ... appellant will be entitled to file an appeal u/s 127 of Electricity Act, 2003 after excluding time spent in proceedings under Consumer Protection Act
electricity was found. An assessment notice under
Section 126 of the Electricity Act, 2003 was issued to the respondent for
unauthorized use of electricity ... aforesaid acts
(domestic connection used as commercial comes unauthorized use of
electricity) comes under Section 126 of the Electricity Act, 2003. It is a case
Authority, he could have filed appeal
under section 127 of the Electricity Act to Appellate Authority, but instead of filing
the appeal the complainant approached ... file appeal before the Appellate Authority under section 127
of the Electricity Act. Since this remedy has been provided and the case
pertained to theft
made before the Appeal Authority as envisaged under section 127 of the Electricity Act. The complainant had not filed any appeal before the Appellate Authority ... pleaded before the Deputy Chief Engineer under Section 127 of the Electricity Act which was not done in this case by the complainant. There
held that dispute pertaining to theft of electricity cannot formed separate matter of proceedings under Consumer Protection Act .
We have gone through the material ... filing an appeal before the competent authority under section 127 Delhi Electricity Act after excluding the time spend in proceedings under Consumer Protection Act
held that for seeking a remedy either under Section 127 of the Electricity Act or under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act ... unauthorized use of electricity, wherein assessment was made under Section 126 and 127 of the Electricity Act, 2003, the complaint does not lie before
came for general checking and pasted notice u/s 163 Indian Electricity Act. The same was replied by complainant on 19.03.2007. His supply was disconnected ... same was maintainable before the appropriate Appellate Authority u/s 127 of Indian Electricity Act.
It is sufficient to observe that as per decision
Abha Arora vs Puma Realtors Pvt. Ltd. on 1 April, 2016
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