Time Barred Debt
SHYAMSUNDAR
(Querist) 21 April 2011
This query is : Resolved
Dear All,
The Electricity Board (MSEB) officers disconnected supply of my client in jan-2011 for arrears of bill issued in Year Feb-2000. No notice before disconnection. The conusmer Forum granted interim order to reinstate the supply and not to disconnect until further orders. The Officer of board (now Company) now issued a notice claiming amount due and on non payment will disconnect the electricity supply within 15 days.
My query is-
1. my cause of action occure in Jan-2011 after disconnection and will issuing notice help the board when interim order is against them?
2.The legal right to recover the amount is over as 10 years have elapsed the debt is now time barred, how to get the amount waived?
Any judgment on the above facts will be a helping hand.
Thanks in advance.
R.Ramachandran
(Expert) 21 April 2011
Please check up whether in the periodical bills raised by the Electricity Board, there is any mention about the outstanding invoice.
SHYAMSUNDAR
(Querist) 21 April 2011
The amount is continuously shown in the bill since 10 years and has now grown a lot.
R.Ramachandran
(Expert) 21 April 2011
It is a running account, and therefore to say that it is time-barred would be very difficult. But you can try to say so.
