Legal notice for stopping inflated electricity bills

The Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has sent a legal notice to the authorities concerned, asking them to take actions in stopping collection of inflated electricity bills from consumers over the last three months.

Lawyer Jyotirmoy Barua on Sunday served the legal notice on behalf of CAB convener Architect Mubassar Hussein.

In the notice, the lawyer requested authorities to take actions against officials and employees who are responsible for inflated bills.

The legal notice was served to the secretary of the energy and power ministry, chairman of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission, and representatives of Rural Electrification Board, Dhaka Power Development Company and Dhaka Electricity Supply Company.

The respondents have been asked to take measures in five days.

Jyotirmoy also requested respondents to take steps in preparing correct electricity bills by examining the meter reading instead of taking extra bills and delay fees from consumers and to publish on the website the number of inflated bills that were prepared as well as how much extra bill was collected from the consumers.

The lawyer further said he will file a writ petition with the High Court seeking necessary directives if the respondents do not pay heed to this matter.