New electricity meter in the name of tenant
alleged
(Querist) 18 November 2011
This query is : Resolved
I am a tenant and occupying the whole premises.
I am paying the rent including electricity and water charges to my landlord.
He did not deposit the electricity charges in time and the company is asking for detention of electricity meter in lack of huge payment.
Can I get a new meter installed in my name as I am living here for decades and got valid Voter ID & PAN Card by the same address?
What are the provisions for same ?
ajay sethi
(Expert) 18 November 2011
you can get electricity meter in your name only with prior permission of landlord .
Devajyoti Barman
(Expert) 18 November 2011
where do you stay?
If you are from WB then apply meter on your own name as the Selectric Supply Authority here does not ask for consent of the landlord for this purpose.
Sanjeev
(Expert) 18 November 2011
Consent on landlord is not required you can apply for a meter and it will be installed.
Rajeev Kumar
(Expert) 18 November 2011
Above experts are right
Rajeev Kumar
(Expert) 18 November 2011
Above experts are right
alleged
(Querist) 18 November 2011
THANKS A LOT.
Will non payment of previous bills on the same property by landlord, come in the way of installatio of new meter ?
Kiran Kumar
(Expert) 18 November 2011
yes non payment of previous electricity bills for the same premises will certainly come into your way.
since you are occupying the premises as a tenant, the burden will definitely put upon you while installing a new electricity meter in the said premises.
though the amenities can not be denied to a tenant but the statutory obligations are required to be complied with.
Shashikant V. Patil
(Expert) 19 November 2011
You better inform your landlord and install a sub-meter, because whatever electricity is consumed by you or units are shown in your meter only pay for those units.
Advocate. Arunagiri
(Expert) 19 November 2011
You can show your rental agreement and apply for the new EB connection in your name, no need for the permission from the landlord.
alleged
(Querist) 20 November 2011
Thanks TO ALL RESPECTED EXPERTS HERE.
ajay sethi
(Expert) 20 November 2011
i stand corrected . i have found a judgement of delhi high court which says prior permission of landlors is not necessary .
Landlord’s assent not needed to give tenant new meter: HC
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Utkarsh Anand
Posted: Jun 11, 2010 at 0027 hrs IST
New delhi For all tenants who feel helpless when their landlords refuse to give No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for installing separate electricity meters, the Delhi High Court has come out with much-awaited relief.
Terming electricity an “essential amenity”, the court has ruled that a tenant could not be denied a separate power connection on the ground that his landlord has shot down his request to give his nod in writing. “Electricity being an essential services, the same cannot be denied to the person who is in occupation but in dispute with the owner/landlord,” held Justice Kailash Gambhir in his judgment last week.
The judge was of the opinion that there could be several reasons for disputes between a landlord and his tenant and they might have also approached a court of law for adjudication of their disputes, but that alone could not be sufficient to decline a tenant’s request for a separate electricity meter. If a tenant was in a position to fulfil all the other formalities and could submit documents showing his legitimate tenancy on the property, there could be no reason why a discom should refuse to install an independent connection in his favour, the court noted.
Justice Gambhir also found no favour with the views that the Delhi Electricity Supply Code Performance Regulations restricted installing a separate meter unless there was a NOC in writing from a landlord. The court observed that electricity being an indispensable commodity had to be provided to a consumer if he was willing to pay and abide by all the other regulations.
The court held so while adjudicating a writ petition filed by Dayal Krishna Phadiyal, who was compelled to approach the court after his landlady Sumandri Devi got the electricity connection of his shop at Laxmi Nagar disconnected following a dispute in February 2009. When Phadiyal asked her to give a NOC so that he could get a separate meter installed, she flatly refused.
Armed with all the requisite documents, Phadiyal approached BSES Yamuna officials, but to no avail. They said they could not help him until and unless he had a NOC from his landlady.
