Lucknow, 19 November (H.C.). The UP State Electricity Consumer Council has termed the order to install smart pre-paid meters unconstitutional. Along with this, by giving only 18 hours of electricity to consumers in rural areas, it is also said to be unconstitutional. On both these issues, the Consumer Council has filed a petition of public importance in the Electricity Regulatory Commission and demanded immediate intervention.
The Consumer Council said that the rights given in Section 47 (5) of the Electricity Act 2003 are being openly violated. The order of all consumers compulsorily installing smart prepaid meters is unconstitutional. The Electricity Act gives the consumer the option of taking prepaid or postpaid meters. Along with this, it is unconstitutional to talk about roster by giving 6 hours of electricity to the consumers of rural areas by giving only 18 hours of electricity. Under Section 10 of the Consumer Right Ruel 2020, all have to provide 24 hours of electricity. In such a situation, the closure of eight machines in low-demand is a deception of the people of the state. All should be given 24 hours of electricity by starting closed machines immediately.
State Electricity Consumer Council Chairman Awadhesh Kumar Verma said that the commission first decided that the meter manufacturer will upgrade the meter manufacturer when the roll out plan is upgraded, then why the 12 lakh old 2G 3G technical smart meters were not upgraded. Currently, 4G technology is now implemented in 5G technology in the country. Will companies upgrade in the coming time?
Awadhesh Kumar Verma, Chairman of Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Consumer Council and member of the State Advisory Committee, met the Electricity Regulatory Commission Chairman Arvind Kumar and Member Sanjay Kumar Singh and submitted a public interest proposal of public importance and raised the demand that when the consumer has the option to choose a smart prepaid meter or postpaid meter in Section 47 (5) of the Electricity Act 2003, how can the consumer be made in all the houses accordingly. No order passed from the Rule on the Electricity Act 2003 can do super seeds. In many states of the country, Maharashtra and other states, PILs are also pending in the High Court on this constitutional right. The process of installing meters has been closed after protests from consumers in other states including Gujarat, Bihar.
In such a situation, the Electricity Regulatory Commission in Uttar Pradesh should intervene on this matter and provide the benefit of the rights provided in the Electricity Act 2003 in the periphery of the law. On the other hand, the Consumer Council raised a big question that by giving 18 hours of electricity to rural consumers of the country and saying that the roster is applicable in Uttar Pradesh or completely unconstitutional. When the Consumer Right Rule 2020 in the country gives everyone the right to provide 24 -hour electricity, then why is the unconstitutional roster not being abolished in Uttar Pradesh. The major constitutional crisis was made by this that eight production units of the state were discontinued in low demand by giving 6 hours less electricity to consumers in rural areas, while those closed production units which will compensate the fix cast in the coming time. In such a situation, by commissioning all the machines, the people of rural areas should be given 24 -hour power commission because the Commission has the right to take a decision on both matters.
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