Allowed
T. Rajameyyappan, v. the Tamil Nadu Generation and
Madras HCWP(MD)/11971/2011
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Two sons of a deceased registered consumer challenged electricity board demands of Rs.17,24,120 each raised in 2011 and 2012 for an energy theft detected in 2001, and the board's threat to disconnect their separate domestic connections for those dues. The court held the demand time-barred under Section 56(2) and the disconnection impermissible, and set aside both orders.
What did the court decide?
Impugned assessment orders in both writ petitions set aside; both writ petitions allowed; board restrained from recovering the theft dues from the petitioners or disconnecting their Devakottai service