NOIDA, May 9 -- 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 copy of 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 division-V, Sector 16A. "The deemed franchisee shall not disconnect the electricity supply of its consumers on the pretext of defaults in payments related to other charges," the order read, stating that disconnection is allowed only in cases of non-payment of electricity dues. The utility also underlined that electricity charges and common area maintenance charges must not be linked....