CWP 480/1999. 13.06.2007 Present: Mr. K.D. Sood, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shrawan Dogra, Advocate for the respondents. Annexures P-16 and P-18, dated 23rd December, 1999 and 6th August, 2002 are quashed and set aside with consent of the parties. The matter now cannot be remitted to the bodies constituted by the Board after coming into force of the Electricity Act, 2003. Accordingly, the petitioner is permitted to approach the Forum for Redressal of Grievances of the Consumers within three weeks from today. The respondent-Board will not resist the case filed by the petitioner on the ground of limitation. The Forum will decide the matter purely on merits wholly uninfluenced by delay or laches, if any involved in the matter. The Forum is directed to adjudicate upon the claim of the petitioner within a period of six months from today. The Board, in the meantime, will not raise any fresh demand. Petition stands disposed of accordingly. Copy Dasti. (Rajiv Sharma), Judge. June 13, 2007 (sck)