The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has extended the “Out of Court Settlement of Arbitration Cases Scheme” pertaining to…
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The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has extended the “Out of Court Settlement of Arbitration Cases Scheme” pertaining to various categories of electricity consumers’ up to 31 March.
An official spokesperson said that the scheme would be applicable for settlement of all disputes of electricity consumers pending in the Courts, including District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum (DCDRF), Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum (CGRF), State Commission or in Arbitration and cases under appeal with Appellate Authority, as on 30 November, 2017.
He said that the scheme would also be applicable to electricity consumers or users against whom criminal cases on account of theft of energy were pending in any court of law or only FIR had been lodged up to 30 November, 2017 against them irrespective of whether challan has been submitted or not submitted to the court of law.
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Such consumers would become eligible to avail the benefit of scheme only after payment of compounding charges, he added.
“Out of Court Settlement of Pending Court Cases Scheme” was re-introduced by the DHBVN in August 2017 and the DHBVN officials were directed to make all out efforts to settle maximum number of disputes pending in courts, arbitration, DCDRF and the State Commission.
Though, initially, it was decided that the scheme would remain in operation up to 31 December, 2017, however, later on it was extended further to settle maximum number of electricity disputes.
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