GURGAON: Power discom Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has presented a scheme to allow customers with whom it has felony run-ins over problems similar to power theft to settle matters out of court docket. The transfer is aimed toward resolving those disputes as temporarily as possible.
The discom officers mentioned they presented the scheme in November but handiest the ones candidates who filed circumstances in courts earlier than October 31, 2017, could be eligible for it.
The order by which the discom has presented the scheme is in possession of TOI.
The order says the scheme might be applicable to all consumer disputes, which can be pending in courts, together with the ones with the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum (DCDRF), the state fee or in arbitration, as on October 31, 2017.
The order provides that all disputes the place penalty has been levied may be settled outside court docket, provided the shopper instantly will pay 50% of the penalty quantity and then will pay easy interest of 12 in step with cent at the unpaid steadiness.
The order additionally lists the riders in the scheme. "Cases already settled/decided will not be reopened and the scheme will not be applicable to cases which have been decided in favour of the nigam," it reads.
"The idea is to settle these disputes amicably," mentioned Anil Goyal, DBHVN superintendent engineer, previous Gurgaon circle.
According to Goyal, in the event of any loss to the ability discom as a result of customers, usually, the penalty quantity contains charges levied on two counts. "The first charge is for losses that the discom incurred because of the consumer, and the second charge is for taking the law into their own hands. For instance, if a person is supposed to pay Rs 1 lakh as penalty amount for power theft, he will have to pay a percentage of it directly to the government since he has broken the law. As for the rest of amount, which he is paying to the discom, we can offer him options such as paying in instalments," mentioned Goyal, explaining the scheme.
"This will reduce the time spent in courts and enable us to solve the disputes amicably. Most of the cases that are filed are related to power theft because we file an FIR for the same," he mentioned.
The discom officers mentioned they presented the scheme in November but handiest the ones candidates who filed circumstances in courts earlier than October 31, 2017, could be eligible for it.
The order by which the discom has presented the scheme is in possession of TOI.
The order says the scheme might be applicable to all consumer disputes, which can be pending in courts, together with the ones with the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum (DCDRF), the state fee or in arbitration, as on October 31, 2017.
The order provides that all disputes the place penalty has been levied may be settled outside court docket, provided the shopper instantly will pay 50% of the penalty quantity and then will pay easy interest of 12 in step with cent at the unpaid steadiness.
The order additionally lists the riders in the scheme. "Cases already settled/decided will not be reopened and the scheme will not be applicable to cases which have been decided in favour of the nigam," it reads.
"The idea is to settle these disputes amicably," mentioned Anil Goyal, DBHVN superintendent engineer, previous Gurgaon circle.
According to Goyal, in the event of any loss to the ability discom as a result of customers, usually, the penalty quantity contains charges levied on two counts. "The first charge is for losses that the discom incurred because of the consumer, and the second charge is for taking the law into their own hands. For instance, if a person is supposed to pay Rs 1 lakh as penalty amount for power theft, he will have to pay a percentage of it directly to the government since he has broken the law. As for the rest of amount, which he is paying to the discom, we can offer him options such as paying in instalments," mentioned Goyal, explaining the scheme.
"This will reduce the time spent in courts and enable us to solve the disputes amicably. Most of the cases that are filed are related to power theft because we file an FIR for the same," he mentioned.
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