The first of these suits was filed by the respondent Bathena acting for himself and all other consumers of electricity supplied by the appellant for purposes of motive power over 4 B.H.P. for the following reliefs: "(a) That a declaration be granted by this Hon 'able Court that the standing charges of 2.69 nP. per B.H.P. per month and the excess sum of 0.04 nP. per unit of energy consumed, for motive power whether connected or otherwise, are illegal and unauthorised, inoperative and ultra vires of the Defendant company and the Plaintiff is not bound to pay the same and that the Defendant Company have no authority to control or interfere in the supply of electric energy or its use, and that the restrictions imposed in Notice dated 25 9 58 are illegal, bad in law, and, (b) an injunction restraining the Defendant Company, its servants, its agents or its representatives from levying and recovering the excess and illegal charges, (such as standing charges and per unit 507 of consumed energy at 0.04 nP.) from the plaintiff, by means of any coercive measures and from interfering or controlling with the electric Supply".