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The discom should have &#8220;sympathetically and seriously&#8221; considered his case as he was suffering from various ailments, it added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We find a clear deficiency on the part of the opposite party (BSES) which did not consider the case of the complainant sympathetically and seriously, though he was a senior citizen suffering from various diseases. &#8220;Therefore, we allow this complaint and direct it to resume the electricity connection of complainant as he has already paid all the dues of his previous connection,&#8221; a bench presided by MC Mehra said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench also asked BSES to pay Pahwa Rs 20,000 as compensation for &#8220;harassment, deprivation and inconvenience including mental agony suffered by him&#8221; along with Rs 10,000 as litigation charges. Pahwa in his complaint had alleged that despite having cleared all his previous dues and having applied for a fresh power connection, electricity was not restored to his home.<\/p>\n<p>The discom in its reply had contended that his connection was disconnected in 2008 over non-payment of dues and added that when he had cleared all the dues and applied for a fresh connection in September 2010, the same was installed and power supply restored within seven days after completing all necessary formalities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By PTI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power distribution firm BSES has been directed by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 30,000 to one of its customers for not restoring his power connection despite there being no pending dues. South-II District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum asked the power distribution firm to pay the compensation relying upon the bills of South Delhi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[11044,9387,18265,18264,18266,18267],"class_list":["post-24333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-bses","tag-district-consumer-disputes-redressal-forum","tag-power-distribution","tag-restoring-power","tag-south-delhi-resident-s-c-pahwa","tag-sympathetically-and-seriously"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BSES to pay Rs 30,000 for not restoring power  - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Power distribution firm BSES has been directed by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 30,000 to one of its customers for not restoring his power connection - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. 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