Can’t seek security from person ready to obtain electricity via prepaid meter: HC
In a major relief to industrial houses across the state, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that a person ready to obtain electricity supply through a prepaid meter cannot be subjected to security.
The ruling is significant as the amount at times runs into lakhs. Justice Pankaj Jain made it clear that the industrial houses prepared to take electricity through prepaid meters would only be required to deposit advance amount equivalent to their average monthly consumption.
The direction came as Justice Jain asserted the right of the petitioners involved in industrial production and the practical difficulty being faced by the power corporation was required to be harmoniously balanced.
