Chandigarh, July 1 -- Seeking a review of the increased electricity tariff in Haryana, former finance minister, Sampat Singh on Monday said that he has filed a review petition challenging the March 28 tariff order issued by the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC). The Congress leader said the regulator's order gave a tariff shock to consumers across all categories when they received their electricity bills in June 2025. During a briefing at Haryana Congress office on Monday, Singh said that there were widespread public protests against the new tariff regime across the state. Raising concerns over the pricing mechanism adopted by the power utilities, the former minister said that the power utilities were purchasing 7,964.28 crore units of power at a cost of Rs.3.12 per unit. But the same is being sold to consumers at an average rate of Rs.7.29 per unit," he said. Singh also pointed out that out of the total power purchased, only 6,916 crore units were reaching consumers, implying that the transmission and distribution losses exceeded 22%. The Haryana Right to Service Commission (RTS) has directed the concerned authorities to deduct Rs.6,000 from the June month salary of a power department accountant, holding the official responsible for the harassment of a Rohtak-based electricity consumer. The panel has ordered that out of the Rs.6,000 to be deducted from the salary of the official, Rs.1,000 will be the fine to be imposed on the accountant in question and that Rs.5,000 will be either paid as compensation to the complainant or adjusted in the consumer's bill. The panel said that there was a delay of about one year in updating the consumer's metre change order in the system. Though the metre change order was updated by the department on June 11, 2023, the error remained in the consumer's bill, due to which he had to repeatedly lodge complaints and visit the office.htc...