The High Court dismissed a writ petition under Article 227 seeking quashing of orders quashing supplementary bills and directing interest. The Court held that replacing mechanical meters with electronic ones was a valid policy decision and the raising of bills after testing was lawful.
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NAFR
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR
WP227 No. 340 of 2013
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Versus
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For Petitioner Shri H.B. Agrawal, Sr. Adv. with Ms. N.K. Kashyap, Advocate
Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra
Order On Board
18/07/2016
Electricity Company to cancel the supplementary bill and adjust the amount already deposited by the petitioner against the said supplementary bill.
excess of jurisdiction because once the body seal of mechanical meter was found broken, it was the duty of the officer to send it for lab testing so that it can be ascertained as to whether the meter was recording correct reading. Similarly, if the respondents have taken a policy decision to replace the mechanical meters with electronic meters, their action to replace the mechanical meter of the petitioner with electronic meter is neither arbitrary nor illegal, but the same is in furtherance of policy decision, which needs no interference of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India.
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Judge
Prashant Kumar Mishra
Gowri
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the High Court should interfere under Article 227 of the Constitution of India in the matter of electronic meter replacement and interest award.
Whether the raising of a supplementary bill upon finding a broken meter seal, subsequent testing, and corrected readings, amounts to malicious or jurisdictional excess.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Jagdev Narayan Agrawal
Executive Engineer, Nagar Sambhag (West), Chhattisgarh Rajya Vidyut Vitran Company Ltd
Prashant Kumar Mishra
As recorded by the court registry
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