In this guest column,
Mr. B.S.Dalal, partner at Perry4Law,
is sharing opinion regarding the recent spurt of incidences of over
charging by power companies operating in Delhi. This is his personal
opinion and not of this blog or its authors and administrator.
Delhi electricity regulatory commission (DERC) is
one of the most pro active commissions operating in India. The news
that DERC
penalised Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL) for violations
reaffirms the commitment of DERC. However, despite it being a pro
active commission, power irregularities and aberrations are abundant
in Delhi.
Residents of Delhi have been fighting the
irregularities and misdeeds of various power suppliers. There is lot
of hue and cry in Delhi in this regard. Surprisingly, Delhi
government has not provided any assurance in this regard so far.
I myself received one electricity bill that does not
make any sense. It is highly inflated and it seems to be violating
all the norms and standards of common sense. After agitating the
matter with DERC in an informal manner and TPDDL in a formal manner,
I finally received an evasive reply from TPDDL today.
It is evident that they are not providing the
correct facts and figures and the detailed supplied by them is not
only self contradictory but also does not make any sense. As a
vigilant citizen of India and resident of India, I did what we must
do. I lodged a grievance and complaint with the Delhi’s Chief
Minister’s office and other governmental officials and agencies and
you must also do so.
We all know that corruption is a root cause for many
problems in India. Now even Indian government acknowledges this fact
and claims to be working in the direction of elimination of
corruption in India.
However, the words does not match the deeds of
Indian government in general and Delhi government in particular
otherwise there would not have been the episodes that are currently
happening in the power sector of India.
I hope my complaint would be entertained by the
Delhi government and cognizance of the same would also be taken by
the Central government. I would update all in this regard very soon.
