Tenancy eb charges non-payment by tenant
Haneef Jafar S
(Querist) 11 November 2023
This query is : Resolved
Hi
I am living overseas, My 87 yrs old mom’s commercial tenant at Chennai refuses to show the EB card and upon checking the EB line was disconnected in Aug-22 for non payment of dues.
Through a relative I made a complaint to EB. The tenant was asked to pay back charges and penalty and the line was made active . No further action is being taken on the fact that he was enjoying uninterrupted electricity in-spite of the meter being disconnected !!
I am concerned by this manner of closing the matter as the meter is my aged mother’s name , wonder what I should do now ?
Haneef Jafar S
(Querist) 11 November 2023
Waiting for reply from experts .
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 11 November 2023
It becomes the duty of the tenant to pay the electricity consumption charges regularly, on non payment the service connection will be disconnected.
Now upon the tenant paying the dues with penalty, the service has been restored, hence there is no illegality on the part of the electricity department or on the part of the tenant.
If you do not want to continue the tenancy, your mother can issue a legal notice to vacate the premise for the reasons she may rely upon
Haneef Jafar S
(Querist) 11 November 2023
Thanks Kalaiselvan, Wish you a Happy Deepavali
