Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday declared fuel adjustment charges in power bills ‘null and void’ and ordered NEPRA to adjust the charged amount in the future bills.
According to Media Reports, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui heard the petitions filed against fuel price adjustment imposed by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA).
Justice Shaukar Aziz remarked that power distribution companies (DISCOS) cannot include the charges from previous bills into the fresh ones.
The court has issued orders to adjust the collected fuel adjustment charges in the future bills. The decision applies on the bills of industrial and domestic consumers.
Seven hundred petitioners including CNG sector, cement industry, steel mills had approached IHC against the recovery of fuel price adjustment in electricity bills, which Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui after completing the hearing had reserved the judgment.
The court announcing this decision Wednesday declared the fuel price adjustment recovery from the petitioners invalid.
Te petitioners’ lawyer to media that millions of electricity consumers would be benefited by the declaration of the fuel price adjustment recovery invalid, as after this court order, the electricity distribution companies would have to reimburse the recoveries made against fuel price adjustment to their respective consumers.
