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Outstanding Electricity bill

(Querist) 16 February 2010 This query is : Resolved 
we had a residential house registered name of my grand father name in which electric meter was running on . later on after death of my grand father & Grand Mother my father , & uncle sold the property to some one . but forgot to change the name of electric meter and meter is running in the name of my grand father. after wards property is sold number of times but meter is havinf same name.Dues for electric meter is paid till date.Now can it will be my responsbility to pay electric meter if outstanding is there arise in future.
Sarvesh Kumar Sharma Advocate (Expert) 16 February 2010
contect to yr xen.
Parveen Kr. Aggarwal (Expert) 16 February 2010
Section 56 of the Electricity Act, 2003:

"1. Where any person neglects to pay any charge for electricity or any sum other than a charge for electricity due from him to a licensee or the generating company in respect of supply, transmission or distribution or wheeling of electricity to him, the licensee or the generating company may, after giving not less than fifteen clear days notice in writing, to such person and without prejudice to his rights to recover such charge or other sum by suit, cut off the supply of electricity and for that purpose cut or disconnect any electric supply line or other works being the property of such licensee or the generating company through which electricity may have been supplied, transmitted, distributed or wheeled and may discontinue the supply until such charge or other sum, together with any expenses incurred by him in cutting off and reconnecting the supply, are paid, but no longer:
Provided that the supply of electricity shall not be cut off if such person deposits, under protest, -

(i) an amount equal to the sum claimed from him, or
(ii) the electricity charges due from him for each month calculated on the basis of average charge for electricity paid by him during the preceding six months,
whichever is less, pending disposal of any dispute between him and the licensee.

2. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no sum due from any consumer, under this section shall be recoverable after the period of two years from the date when such sum became first due unless such sum has been shown continuously as recoverable as arrear of charges for electricity supplied and the licensee shall not cut off the supply of the electricity:

Although an electricity connection is for a particular premises and not for a particular person yet arrears of electricity charges in respect of connection in his name (or his successors) can be recovered from him.
Swami Sadashiva Brahmendra Sar (Expert) 17 February 2010
If the case belongs to U.P. State, kindly see, U.P. Electricity Supply Code, 2005 para 4.3 clauses (ii) and (iii).The power corporation has option to withdraw the connection and not to sanction new connection in same house until the dues is cleared by original owner or purchaser. But, it can not be compulsorily recovered from the purchaser. In Rayana Paper Board Industries v. UPCC Ltd. decided on 8th January, 2010, A Division Bench of Allahabad High Court quashed the RC issued against purchaser. Thus it can be inferred that the original owner can not escape the liability.
Kumar Thadhani (Expert) 17 February 2010
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