India, May 8 -- Power distribution company Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) directed apartment owners' associations (AOAs) and resident welfare associations (RWAs) in Noida and Greater Noida to refrain from deducting maintenance charges from prepaid electricity meters or disconnecting power supply over such dues.

In a directive issued on May 7, citing complaints from residents of a housing society in Sector 119, the department clarified that such practices are not allowed under current regulations. HT accessed a copyof the directive issued under the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) Supply Code 2023-24 and signed off by Mohit Goyal, the executive engineer of the electricity urban distribution divisi...