Justice Athar Minallah of Islamabad High Court (IHC), on Friday, issued notices to the attorney general (AG), the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) and power distribution companies on a petition challenging excessive electricity bills.
The petition was filed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders Asad Umar, Arif Alvi and Dr Shireen Mazari.
During yesterday’s hearing, PTI counsel Farrukh Dall argued before the court that his clients are members of National Assembly and it was their foremost duty to keep a check on the executive to make sure that decision makers do not infringe upon the rights of the citizen.
He told the court that “Nepra and power distribution companies had charged unjustified and illegal amounts every month by issuing inflated and exorbitant electricity bills and maintained that distribution companies (Discos) had overbilled consumers for the months of August and September 2014 without prior notification or legal justification”..
He requested the court to direct the respondents to submit a detailed report of consumers’ usage and subsequent billing for the whole year.
