Uttaranchal High Court: <\/b>A Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, C.J. and Alok Kumar Verma, J. <\/b>issued directions to the Government of Uttarakhand and the respondent Corporation to file an affidavit within the prescribed time with regard to the allegations made by the petitioner.<\/p>\n
A PIL was filed against the limitless largesse, extended by the respondent-Corporation to its employees, in the form of unlimited supply of electricity, right from the Managing Director to employees in Group D. The respondent-Corporation was providing unlimited electricity not only to its employees but also to all employees of the Generating Company and the Transmission Corporations and was charging them a measly sum per month for this unlimited supply of electricity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Senior Counsel for the petitioner, B.P. Nautiyal, submitted that this loot of the public exchequer was being permitted to go unchecked ever since the State of Uttarakhand came into being till date; this facility of unlimited consumption of electricity was provided not only to an employee while he was in service but even after his retirement. In addition, this facility was being extended to his family members who were entitled to a family pension after his death. The petitioner also alleged that, in several cases, electricity meters, installed in the residence of employees, were non-functional; and, even in those few cases where the electricity meter was in order, meter reading was seldom resorted to.<\/p>\n