# M/s KDP Grand Savanna Apartment Owners Asso., Ghaziabad v. State of U.P. & Ors

- **Citation:** (2020) 9 ILRA 479
- **Court:** High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
- **Decided:** 2020-03-05
- **Case number:** WRIT - C No. 8010 of 2020
- **Bench:** Sudhir Agarwal, Rajeev Misra
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/m-s-kdp-grand-savanna-apartment-owners-asso-ghaziabad-v-state-of-u-p-ors-45976
- **Pages:** 3

## Headnote

Electricity Act - Tariff - Association of
Owners of Apartments (AOA) obtained
single point electric connection for entire
group of society - AOA charging higher
fixed charges from ultimate consumers i.e.
Flat Owners than what it was paying to
Supplier (PVVNL) - Held - Builder or AOA
neither can frame their own tariff nor can
charge the flat owners on a rate higher
than what is prescribed in the Tariff
approved
by
UPERC
for
the
area
concerned (Para 8)

Dismissed (E-5)

## Text

9 All. M/s KDP Grand Savanna Apartment Owners Asso. Ghaziabad Vs. State of U.P. & Ors.
479

9. In view of the above, therefore, in
both the cases of personnel himself or
dependents, the claimant shall himself must
have gone disabled while in service to
render him incapable to continue as such or
personnel must have died of injury to make
dependents eligible as the case may be, to
get benefit under the clause 4.

10. We, accordingly, do not find any
merit in the submissions advanced by
learned counsel for the petitioner and also
we do not find any manifest error in the
order
impugned
warranting
any
interference in exercise of our jurisdiction
under article 226 of the constitution. The
writ petition fails and is, accordingly,
dismissed.
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(2020)09ILR A479
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
CIVIL SIDE
DATED: ALLAHABAD 05.03.2020

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE SUDHIR AGARWAL, J.
THE HON'BLE RAJEEV MISRA, J.

WRIT - C No. 8010 of 2020

M/s
KDP
Grand
Savanna
Apartment
Owners Asso., Ghaziabad ...Petitioner
Versus
State of U.P. & Ors. ...Respondents

Counsel for the Petitioner:
Sri Ashutosh Gupta, Sri Amarish Chandra
Tiwari

Counsel for the Respondents:
C.S.C., Sri Krishna Agrawal

Electricity Act - Tariff - Association of
Owners of Apartments (AOA) obtained
single point electric connection for entire
group of society - AOA charging higher
fixed charges from ultimate consumers i.e.
Flat Owners than what it was paying to
Supplier (PVVNL) - Held - Builder or AOA
neither can frame their own tariff nor can
charge the flat owners on a rate higher
than what is prescribed in the Tariff
approved
by
UPERC
for
the
area
concerned (Para 8)

Dismissed (E-5)

(Delivered by Hon'ble Sudhir Agarwal, J.
& Hon'ble Rajeev Misra, J.)

1. This writ petition under Article 226
of the Constitution of India has been
directed against order dated 31.01.2020
passed by "Electricity Ombudsman", U. P.
Electricity
Regulatory
Commission,
Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow,
respondent-5 in Representation No.79 of
2008 (Sri Ved Prakash Pandey and two
others v. Sri Dharmendra Kumar and
others) and order dated 04.02.2019 passed
by
Electricity
Consumer
Grievance
Redressal
Forum,
Meerut
(hereinafter
referred to as 'ECGRF') in Complaint Case
No.70 of 2018 (Sri Jay Narayan Tyagi and
others vs. Sri Rajkumar Tyagi and another).

2. Petitioner is an Association of
Owners of Apartment of a High Rise
Building having residential Apartments etc
and is registered as Apartments Owners
Association (hereinafter referred to as
"AOA") under provisions of Societies
Registration
Act,
1860
(hereinafter
referred to as "Act, 1860"). Apartments
were developed by M/s KDP Infrastructure
Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as
"Apartments' Promoter/Builder") and after
completion and sale of flats and registration
of AOA, maintenance of 12 towers out of
15 have been handed over to Petitioner's
Association. As 3 towers are still not
complete, thus we are not concerned with
the same.
480 INDIAN LAW REPORTS ALLAHABAD SERIES

3. Apartments' Promoter/Builder
obtained single point electric connection of
the contracted load of 5000 Kilowatt
(hereinafter referred to as 'KW') for entire
group of society but has released only 1000
KW load to Petitioner's Association.
Respondent no.3 i.e. Electricity supplier
namely Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitram
Nigam Limited (hereinafter referred to as
'PVVNL') is issuing a common bill since it
is a single point electricity connection.

4.

System
of
giving
electric
connection to Apartments is that after
single point bulk load connection, separate
electricity connections have been given to
all Apartments installing internal meters for
each apartment. These internal meters are
prepaid meters and amount is charged
earlier by Apartments' Promoter/Builder
and now by petitioners in respect of flats of
12 towers which have become part of their
Association.
Apartments
are
in
four
categories i.e. 825 square feet, 1125 square
feet, 1250 square feet and 1550 square feet.
Smaller apartments of 825 square feet and
1125 square feet are allowed 3 KW load
while remaining two larger categories are
allowed 5 KW load. Tariff has been framed
by PVVNL with approval of U. P.
Electricity
Regulatory
Commission
(hereinafter referred to as 'UPERC') under
provisions of Indian Electricity Act, 2003
(hereinafter referred to as 'Act, 2003') for
the year 2019-20 in which Fixed Charge for
bulk load supply at single point are
determined at Rs.110 per KW per month.

5. In some cases, AOA was charging
higher fixed charges from Flat Owners than
what it was paying to Supplier. This issue
was raised by certain Flat Owners in
Complaint Case No.70 of 2018 (Shri Jai
Narayan Tyagi and others v. Raj Kumar
Tyagi, Chairman and another) before
ECGRF. Application was allowed by
ECGRF vide order dated 04.02.2019 and
following directions were issued :

"पररवाद का पररवाद सींख्या-१ के
बवरुद्ध स्व कार बकया जाता है और बवपक्ष
सींख्या १ को बनम्न आदेश बदए जाते है :-

१. अपािथमेंि में रहने वाले फ्लैि
स्वाबमयो से बफक्स्ड चाजथ के मद में वह धनराबश
वसूल जाएग जो धनराबश बवपक्ष सींख्या -१ द्वारा
बफक्स्ड चाजथ के मद में बवपक्ष सींख्या -२ बवद्युत्
बवभाग को भुगतान क जा रह है | इस धनराबश
पर अबधकतम ५ प्रबतशत अबतररक्त सरचाजथ
बवपक्ष सींख्या-१ फ्लैि स्वाबमयो से वसूल सकता है,
इससे अबधक नह ीं |

२. बवपक्ष सींख्या-१ द्वारा ०३ माह के
भ तर आवश्यक औपचाररकताए पूणथ करने के
उपराींत नामाींतरण पररवतथन हेतु प्राथथना पत्र
बवपक्ष सींख्या-२ बवद्युत् बवभाग के यहााँ बदया
जायेगा बजसमे बवपक्ष सींख्या-२ बवद्युत् बवभाग
द्वारा पूणथ सहयोग प्रदान बकया जायेगा |

३. बवपक्ष सींख्या-१ द्वारा फ्लैि स्वाबमयो
को उनके द्वारा उपयोग क गई बवद्युत् के सम्बन्ध
में व्यस्क्तगत उपयोग और सामान्य उपयोग दोनो
के सम्बन्ध में अलग - अलग बबल जार बकये जायेंगे

४.
बवपक्ष सींख्या-१ द्वारा फ्लैि
स्वाबमयो को बनयबमत रूप से बवद्युत् बबल जार
बकये जायेंगे |

५. बवक्ष सींख्या-१ द्वारा बवद्युत् बबल
के सम्बन्ध में रखे गए अकाउींि का प्रत्येक वषथ
चािेड अकाउींिेंि से पररक्षण कराया जायेगा
और पर बक्षत अकाउींि को प्रत्येक बवत्त य वषथ
क समास्प्त के त न माह के भ तर उपभोक्ता को
अवलोकनाथथ प्रस्तुत बकया जायेगा |

६.
बवपक्ष
सींख्या-२
उपरोक्त
अनुतोषो का अनुपालन अपने स्तर से बवपक्ष
9 All. TBEA (India) Transformer Pvt. Ltd., Gujrat Vs. U.P. Micro & Small Entp. Facillitation
Council Kanpur Nagar & Ors.
481
सींख्या-१ द्वारा कराना सुबनबित करे और
अनुपालन आख्या एक माह के भ तर फोरम को
भेज जाये |

७. ए०ओ०ए० द्वारा उपभोक्ताओीं से
वसूल धनराबश तथा लाईसेंस को भुगतान क
गय धनराबश क गणना प्रत्येक छः माह में
करके उपभोक्ताओीं को उपलब्ध कराया जायेगा
|"

6. Aforesaid order of ECGRF was
challenged by petitioner before Electricity
Ombudsman, Lucknow in Representation
No.79 of 2019 but the same was rejected vide
order dated 31.01.2020 and order of ECGRF
passed on 04.02.2019 was confirmed.

7. Now both these orders have been
challenged by petitioner before this Court
on the ground that Tariff framed by
Electricity Supplier with approval of
UPERC cannot govern the charges leviable
by petitioner i.e. AOA from ultimate
consumers i.e. Flat Owners and Fixed
Charge paid to electricity supplied by
PVVNL cannot be a guiding factor.

8. In our view, this submission is
thoroughly misconceived. Petitioner is not
holding any license of distribution of
electricity to anyone. It is an Association of
individual Flat Owners and modus operandi of
supply of electricity is that Distribution
Licensee i.e. PVVNL gives a single point
supply to one set of Flat Owners through
either Builder i.e. Promoter of flats or where
Resident Welfare Association i.e. Flat Owners
Association have been formed, to them.
Payment to Electricity Department is made by
Apartment Promotor/ Builder or AOA, as the
case may be, but individually supply to Flat
Owners is given by them and charges paid to
PVVNL stand collected proportionately as per
individual meter readings of flats from flat
owners. Builder or AOA neither can frame
their own tariff nor can charge the flat owners
on a rate higher than what is prescribed in the
Tariff approved by UPERC for the area
concerned. The basis of charges of individual
owners is tariff of Distribution License since in
respective area, no other individual having no
license can distribute electricity to anyone and
charge in the manner it likes. Therefore,
contention of petitioner that Fixed Charge
rates prescribed in Tariff cannot be a guiding
factor for realization of electricity charges
from Flat Owners by petitioner is thoroughly
misconceived and illegal.

9. We find no manifest error in the
impugned orders assailed in this writ petition.

10. Writ petition lacks merit and is
dismissed accordingly.
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(2020)09ILR A481
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
CIVIL SIDE
DATED: ALLAHABAD 22.04.2020

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE SUDHIR AGARWAL, J.
THE HON'BLE RAJIV MISRA, J.

WRIT - C No. 8038 of 2020

TBEA
(India)
Transformer
Pvt.
Ltd.,
Gujarat ...Petitioner
Versus
U.P. Micro & Small Entp. Facilitation Council
Kanpur Nagar & Anr. ..Respondents

Counsel for the Petitioner:
Sri Sarvanand Pandey, Sri Alexander Iqbal,
Sri Akshay Saprey

Counsel for the Respondents:
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A. Civil Law - Arbitration and Conciliation
Act,1996 - Section 80 & Micro Small and
Medium
Enterprises
Development
Act,2006-Section
18-Section
80
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