SAURABH PRUTHI vs TATA POWER DELHI DISTRIBUTION LTD

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$~14 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 28th January, 2025 + W.P.(C) 6112/2018 and CM APPL. 23725/2018 SAURABH PRUTHI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. B.P. Agarwal, Advocate. versus TATA POWER DELHI DISTRIBUTION LTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manish Srivastava, Mr. Moksh Arora and Mr. Santosh Ramdurg, Advocates along with Mr. Amit Singh, AGM, Legal. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH JUDGEMENT JYOTI SINGH, J. (ORAL) 1. This writ petition is preferred on behalf of the Petitioner under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India laying a challenge to order dated 09.01.2018 passed in C.G.No.7625/04/17/NRL by Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum (‘CGRF’) and order dated 25.04.2018 passed by Electricity Ombudsman in Appeal No.05/2018 in respect of bill of Rs.20,92,320/- (including Assessment Bill of Rs.15,68,204.20 p.) raised against the Petitioner in connection with CA No.60017874730 installed at Plot No. G-978, DSIDC Narela Industrial Area, Delhi. 2. As per the case set out by the Petitioner in the writ petition, Petitioner along with his father is a tenant of the subject premises and is using electricity connection through his CA No.60017874730 having sanctioned load of 108 KW for industrial purposes, which was sanctioned in the name Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:KAMAL KUMAR W.P.(C) 6112/2018 Page 1 of 8 Signing Date:02.02.2025 22:17:51 of Sh. Darshan Kumar. The initial connection was sanctioned on 25.03.2014 with load of 80 KW and meter was installed on the same day with meter No.93403843. At the time of installation, accuracy of the meter was checked and reported to be +00.28%. Inspection was carried out by the Respondent on 09.11.2015 and at that time, all seals were found to be intact and ‘OK’. Under the Head ‘Observation’