https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461135 A short assessment notice issued to correct short billing is treated as a lawful recovery step and, by itself, does not amount to deficiency in service, so a consumer complaint cannot rest on that ground alone. The commentary further states that Section 56(2) of the Electricity Act, 2003 does not bar recovery of an additional demand merely because the billing error was detected later; the limitation framework is linked to when the sum first becomes due and not to the later discovery of the mistake. On that analysis, the consumer dispute fails unless a maintainable deficiency claim is first established. en-us Tue, 05 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:09:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461135 A short assessment notice issued to correct short billing is treated as a lawful recovery step and, by itself, does not amount to deficiency in service, so a consumer complaint cannot rest on that ground alone. The commentary further states that Section 56(2) of the Electricity Act, 2003 does not bar recovery of an additional demand merely because the billing error was detected later; the limitation framework is linked to when the sum first becomes due and not to the later discovery of the mistake. On that analysis, the consumer dispute fails unless a maintainable deficiency claim is first established. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 05 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461135