For the past several days, persons claiming to be licensees of
Chamundeshwari Electric Supply Company (CESC) are going around from house to house in J.P. Nagar where I live, changing ordinary electric meters to digital electric meters. and collecting Rs. 30 as service fee. They do not carry ID cards nor do they issue receipts for the amount collected. So I have been advising my neighbours not to pay the amount. Are these people authorized by CESC? If so, why is a service charge being collected for something that should be done for free? If a service charge has to be levied, why is it being collected without
issuing receipts? Why can't CESC include it in the next monthly bill instead of collecting it like this? Will CESC clarify before the
charge is collected from more people?
G.L.Nagaraj Urs, Mysore Grahakara Parishat