IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC TUESDAY, THE 22ND NOVEMBER 2011 / 1ST AGRAHAYANA 1933 WP(C).No. 30992 of 2011(Y) ---------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): -------------------- SREEDEVI V.V, HOUSE NO.29/IJ SAHODARAN AYYAPPAN ROAD, VYTTILA ERNAKULAM. BY ADVS. DR.K.P.SATHEESAN SRI.JAYAPRASAD SRI.P.MOHANDAS SRI.MATHEW SUNNY SRI.ANOOP V. NAIR RESPONDENT(S): --------------------- 1. KERALA WATER AUTHORITY REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR JALA BHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM -14. 2. THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER KERALA WATER AUTHORITY, WATER WORKS SUB DIVISION, KOCHI -16. R1,2 BY ADV. SMT.AMBIKA DEVI, SC, KWA THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/11/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: svs W.P.(C). NO. 30992/2011 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1: COPY OF THE BILL DATED 10/01/2011. P2: COPY OF THE BILL DATED 18/03/2011. P3: COPY OF THE BILL DATED 26/05/2011. P4: COPY OF THE BILL DATED 04/08/2011. P5: COPY OF THE BILL DATED 13/10/2011. P6: COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED 26/10/2011. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: NIL /TRUE COPY/ P.A. TO JUDGE. svs ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` W.P.(C) No. 30992 of 2011 Y ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Dated this the 22nd day of November, 2011 J U D G M E N T ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Aggrieved by Exts.P1 to P5 bills issued by the respondents and complaining that excess water charges have been levied, petitioner filed Ext.P6 representation to the second respondent. No response was forthcoming and therefore this writ petition is filed. 2. As rightly pointed out by the Standing Counsel for the respondents, Regulations framed by the first respondent provides that if any consumer is aggrieved by the bills, such consumer has a right of appeal to the concerned Executive Engineer. Now that such an appellate remedy is available to the petitioner, it is for her to pursue the same. 3. Therefore, I dispose of the writ petition with the following directions:- That it will be open to the petitioner to file an appeal to the Executive Engineer, if she is aggrieved by Exts.P1 to P5. W.P.(C) No.30992/2011 : 2 : If such an appeal is filed within two weeks from today, the same will be dealt with in accordance with law. Sd/- (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE) aks/22/11 // True Copy // P.A. To Judge