September 10th 2023.
On Saturday, the National Lok Adalat was held in the Malwa-Nimar area of Indore. An incredible number of 3038 cases related to the electricity supply were successfully resolved.
The Madhya Pradesh West Zone Electricity Distribution Company had to face cases with an estimated amount of 5.5 crores.
The Chief Vigilance Officer of the West Discom, Rakesh Arya, announced that these cases were resolved by settling in accordance to Sections 126 and 135 of the Electricity Act 2003.
The company gave a rebate of 94 lakhs to the consumers as a result of the disposal of the cases. Domestic, agricultural and non-domestic consumers up to 5 KW and industrial consumers up to 10 horsepower load were given exemption as part of pre-litigation.
The company gave a rebate of 30 per cent on the amount of pre-litigation level civil liability and 100 per cent on the amount of interest. Similarly, for cases of litigation level, 20 per cent rebate was given on the amount of civil liability assessed and the interest was waived off completely.
425 distribution centres and zones of the company area worked hard for the successful preparation of the Lok Adalat. This was a great achievement and the consumers were given a chance to get their disputes resolved.
The resolution of these cases in the Lok Adalat was a great success and the company did its best to make sure that the consumers were given the desired results.
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