Ombudsman further finds that in the case of the petitioner, it could be seen that the consumption has been stabilised only by March 2008. But considerable consumption has been recorded from November 2007. Therefore, the calculation methodology adopted by the Deputy Chief Engineer is fair. It is therefore found that the quota of the appellant shall be re-fixed taking into account the consumption of eight months from November 2007 to June 2008 as suggested by the Deputy Chief Engineer. Ext.P1 is the Board order dated 24.07.2008. It is apparent that the petitioner comes under clause 2(b) that is industrial consumers who have been provided electric connection between 01.04.2007 to 31.03.2008 wherein the average consumption will be calculated taking the actual consumption divided by the number of months for which they have availed supply of energy. The petitioner's HT service connection was provided on 25.06.2007. Therefore, going by clause 2(b), the base average consumption has to be taken from July 2007 to June 2008. Ext.P2 is the recommendation made by the Deputy Chief Engineer wherein it is stated that the firm had given a representation stating that consumption for the initial months were very low due to trial run of the newly erected machineries and therefore, the base average consumption is to be fixed taking into account the consumption of eight months from November 2007 to
