The Special 'Lok Adalats' organised by the power giant BSES on Monday, around 4,000 cases related to power theft with a value of about Rs 39 crore were settled on the spot.
The Lok Adalats or special courts provided BSES customers and litigants residing in south, west, central and east Delhi a one-time opportunity for on-the-spot settlement of power theft cases.
A senior BSES spokesperson said that the initiative was taken by BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) in association with Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) on Monday, saw an unprecedented hit as people from various walk of the society such as industrialists, businessmen, professionals and even domestic consumers made a beeline to get their cases settled, he said.
The official said that the exercise for mutual settlement cases was entirely paperless helping save 30,000 A4 size paper sheets. "In the last 20 such initiative, around 34000 cases with a value of around Rs 270 crore got settled on the spot," he said.
He further informed that most of the cases were related to the both direct theft and meter tampering.
BSES spokesperson said, "The exercise was a win-win for everybody.
For the customers, it meant an opportunity to amicably settle their cases and an escape from a prolonged and an expensive legal process.
BRPL and BYPL are premier distribution companies and joint ventures between Reliance Infrastructure Limited and the Government of National Capital Territory.