^ ^ ^ WRTT PETmON NO.C2-141 /20i PETETIONER [/s. Vim.al Construction, A ..••'^f^ partnership firsi registered under .<i^...-;;;'^.*-' Indian I^rtaership Act, 1939, "^"'^ — ^ ^^.^^ .~^ .-••'' haviag its office at Ravi Bhawan, Jaisthambh Chowk, G.E. Road, ..s:k^. ^••" ^••f-'Tr.^' ;v' c®^' ..-••'' :'<vy (j^ RESPONDEKTS Raipur, Represented fhrough Kamat Chand Jain, S/o. Mamk Lal Jain, Aged about 42 years. 1. ChhatSisgarh State Electricity Board, -^ Through fhe SecretaFy, C.S.E.B. Office Danganiya, Raipur. tf ^SS^Si'^til.... -, C.S.E.B. 2. 3. 4. The Executive Ei^ineer, C.S.E.B. Raipur Region, Raipur. The Sttperintendinj City Circle, C.S.E.B. 5. The Senior Aecounts OScer, Electricity Board, Raipur a-" :\\-^ ^^e.^~ ^ f^ i' ^,_^.H e^-^> rf&^rf \t-/1-0T- (C.G.) C.G. State Coaunission, Civfl Lmes, Raipur, through Chaimian. IL. WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE CONSTITUTION OP INDIA FOR ISSUANCE OF AN APPROPRIATE WRTF ^"i &rp ^/f( NATURE ETC. i. 3 t-ll-c'7 >-/227 OF THE THE NATUBE OP MANDAMUS /CERTIORARI ETC. OR DIRECTION/ORDER IN THE LIKE ^-—"-—••-••-•-S-SJTSKtg-^T.'SfeCT^^ ® ®s J-.fWV''\'F ^^.,.,..i..t^.i^.M^^'.-^'..^t4 '.i>^^^-"<;'-^,.. '^v~-"\^ ^ vsrsus ^Vrrtf 9tjtjon und©fArticis 227'ofths Constitutlon of lndl^i Si"g;s Bench • Hop'ti'e Shr' Safcsh K. Agnihotri. J. i-'esent;- tonn tenniit c.B.Na!r, Acivocate for ine oetitioner. Shrl Sun" Otwsn . Acivoosto fortns rssoondsnt No,1 to 5, ./^Lia. . • Shri!varu"! Sharms. Advocste Rg"S5 resoondent No.6. ,-!-|c "0;n r'nv'w.iiinn 9M U ChaHsnae ;n this Det;t:on 's to the order dated 04.02.2005 (AnRsxurs P-1). passed bv ths Chhsttlsaaf State Electricitv Reciusatory Commission; wherein the o'-dsr dated 25.10.2005. oassed bv the tiectriC'Ti; uonsumere' urievgnces ^earessa! i-orum in case No,01/2005 wss under chsuenos. The Reciuiaton/ Comniission bv crde' ssted 04.02.2006, rejected ths reD'esentation/apQefii &v she •-lOuanea orcier. Shri Otwani. ieamed counssi sooeanna for the resoondent No;1 su&mits that the Ombudsmsn. as Drovided under suo-sect'on 6 of section 42 has COTJS into sxistence to hear the arievances of the consumsr, who !s aaarleyed bv'non-rsarsssai of his arievance bv ths 'w'.sm. T'IUS, the oetitioner mav asoroachOmbudsman.as aforastatsd 'mouanina ths order "assed bv the Eiectricitv Consumers' Grievances r^g^f^gs^; :-0i*y.^ 'fho St^ts Eisctriciw Rsou!^toi'v Co^iniission. £3constltutsd undsr ths o''ovisi0"is of Sectlon 82 cf the Electi'lcitv Act. 2003. does not have oowsr to sdiuoiesis I^CQH t?i9 dispiits botwson th®consum®;''^nd tho "ce"sees,.as \s evidsnt from ;he prov'sions of Section 8S deailng wlth t-'s Ty'ctions of State Commlssion. Sub-sect'on 1(f) of Sectlon S6 .;A.;.'^^.__t^_. '^ ^ ^^^ssff'SS^, M '^^^^ 'SiSaf \ '°^/^ / e" clssrlv'oroVidos for sdlud^c^t;Qn of ths clispiit^s botwssn HCQHSQ©Ssnd aeneratina comoanies and to refer anv dispute for srbitration. Thus. prima "scle the order passsd by ?"e State Ejectricity Reguiatory Commjssion is sevond its lurisdlct'on. Accord'naiv. iiberti/ ;s ressrveci to the cistinone'" to seek rsd'sssal of the Qrievances on scccu"t o< the OrCJ^f 03SS9Q &V I?1S ^3^C^ IC!TV uonsumsj's' (JHO^HG^S K®or@ss^j 4? ss ^^^TsV ^"i'n exoisjned the defidencv 'n exefclse of lurisc;etio" by the Stais Eiectricit'' Reauiatory Comm'ssion l^i r^so'sct of t"iQ ci^souts ^stwssn IHQ consuir^sr snd th©jicsnss©s.Ms hss fun'hsr @xor©ss9d no ob?oct!or!_ ^ th©D©tstlon@f Is sffordsd an ODDQr?Un'iV TO T/hi-A>'u.JT^**-..;-^-^ •snr-'.'-'f', the moow foruir' j.e. the Ombudsman. as iSS in v'ew of forsgoing. the order dated 04.02.2006 (Annexurs P-1) is quashsd ressrving iibsrty to the petitioner to' take recourss to the aogrooriate rorun'. ss g'Drestated untier tne Drovis,ons OT law. cord!naiy, ?na wr;t oetfflon sta"ds a;sooscci o'. NO orcier as'so costs. Sd/- SatishK.A^Om Judge SShO^