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Telasi was ordered to return illegally accepted communal expenses

September 30, 2015
 
Nino Kimadze

Rehabilitation and social adaptation center AISI applied to Human Rights House Tbilisi for help. The Center received communal bill for 1586 lari which was later cut off his TBC bank account. AISI requested the Telasi to return illegally cut off sum. Lawyer of the HRHT Sopo Aleksidze provided the Center with legal aid, and finally won the case.

“Our beneficiary was Rehabilitation and Social Adaptation Center AISI. In accordance to the resolution of the Government of Georgia, dated by January 31, 2012, state property – non-agricultural land and constructions on it were assigned to the Center with usufructuary right; the organization rehabilitated the buildings. AISI is a day center, which assists about 50 children with disabilities. On July 14, 2014 the organization received electricity bill for 1586 lari, which was automatically cut off by the TBC online bank service. As it was found out, the building in the past belonged sanatorium Gazaphkhuli, which owned two huge administrative buildings with separate electricity counters and subscribers’ numbers. Based on 2012 and 2013 decisions Sanatorium Gazapkhuli had to pay electricity bill but in 2013 the sanatorium relocated the debt on the building where it was currently functioning. The subscriber’s number, which was later assigned to AISI, was free from debts. Regardless this fact, in December 2012 AISI addressed to the Telasi and requested to change the subscriber’s name but the Electricity Distribution Company imposed communal bill on the new owner of the building,” Sopo Aleksidze said.

The lawyer doubts the Telasi had found out that AISI was automatically paying communal bills through its online bank account and allocated 1586 lari on them too.

“Telasi claimed they had resolution of the Georgian National Energy Regulation Commission (GNERC) which allowed the electricity distribution company to re-allocate debts if a subscriber to have two numbers; however the Company knew that the subscriber’s number no longer belonged to the Sanatorium Gazaphkhuli and we requested to return the money on that motive,” Aleksidze said.

The trial was held into the case on September 11, 2015 and the AISI was found victim; the Telasi was ordered to return the money to the Center. The electricity distribution company can appeal the court decision by the end of October 2015 though the lawyer of HRHT thinks the company will not appeal the decision because everything is clear in it. 

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