High Court orders committee for probe into prepaid electricity billing complaints

The High Court has ordered the formation of an expert committee to bring transparency in the prepaid electricity meter billing and investigate several other issues related to the system.

After hearing a writ petition on Tuesday, the court issued a set of rules asking the government why it should not order investigations to ensure transparency in the prepaid electricity meter billing system, bdnews24.com reported.

A day later, the same bench of Justice SM Masud Hossain Dolon and Mustafa Zaman Islam passed the order to constitute the committee on Wednesday after hearing a fresh petition in the case.

Advocates AM Jamiul Hoque Faisal, Abdullah Al Hadi, Kamrul Hasan Regan and Md Zakir Haider represented the petitioner.

Regan said the investigative committee will have to submit its inquiry report to the court.

Hadi filed the writ petition on behalf of Faisal, Regan and Haider on Jun 6, seeking transparency in the bill collection system of prepaid electricity meters.