Payment of bills :

The time limit for the payment of the bill is prescribed as follows

H. T. Consumers:
Within 15 days of the date of the bill.

L. T. Consumers : Within 20 days of the date of issue of the bill in respect of monthly and bimonthly billed consumers and 30 days from the date of issue of the bill in respect of the quarterly and half yearly billed consumers.

"Bills shall be paid by the consumers at the Board's Office within the period as above or as provided in the agreement of supply failing which the consumer shall be liable to pay the delayed payment charges as per the prescribed rates". If the payment of the bill is made by the cheque or draft, the same should be sent or posted suff iciently in advance so as to reach the local off ice of the Board before the last date of payment. If the cheque or draft is posted at least 3 clear days before the last date of payment, the proof of which shall be available in the form of certificate of posting or registration of post, it shall be considered to have been posted sufficiently in advance, and the consumer shall not be liable for late receipt if any, in the local off ice of the Board due to postal delays. N.B. : For purposes of computation of time limit for payment of bills. "The day of presentation of bills" or the date of the bill" or "the date of issue of bills" etc. as the case may be, will not be excluded". Any dispute or complaint with regard to the bills shall be made in writing to the local office of the Board and the amount of such bills shall be paid, under protest if necessary within the prescribed period of payment. The amounts of the bills paid under protest will be regarded as advances to the credit of the consumer's account until such time as the bills in dispute have been finally settled.

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If the consumer fails to pay any bill presented to him within the prescribed period of payment, the Board shall be at liberty to take action under subsection (1) of section 24 of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, and cut off the supply after giving such consumers not less than 7 days clear notice in writing without prejudice to its right to recover the amount of the bill by suit. Where however any difference or dispute has been reffered under the Act, to an Electrical Inspector before notice as aforesaid has been given by the Board, the Board shall not be at liberty to cut off the supply for failure to pay the bill except where the Board has made the request to the consumer that the amount in dispute should be deposited with the Electrical Inspector and the consumer has failed to comply with such request.


*** Without prejudice to the right of the Board to disconnect the power supply of the consumers, the consumer shall pay the prescribed interest charges on the gross amount of the arrears (inclusive of Delayed Payment Charges) which shall be automatically chargeable 15 days after the due date of the Bill.


** The prescribed rate of interest shall be 12% per annum in respect of Agricultural consumers (Low Tension as well as High Tension) and for street light supply of Grampanchayat.