IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9968 of 2010 AMOD KUMAR JAISWAL, S/O LATE BISHUNDEO CHAUDHARY, R/O VILLAGE- DIGHI KURD, P.O. DIGHIKALA, NEAR CHANAKYA COLONY, BEHIND INDUSTRICAL AREA, P.S. SADAR HAJIPUR, DISTRICT- VAISHALI. ….PETITIONER. Versus 1. THE BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN, VIDYUT BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA. 2. HEAD, SPECIAL TASK FORCE, BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VIDYUT BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA. 3. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, SUPPLY DIVISION, BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, HAJIPUR, VAISHALI. 4. ASSISTANT ENGINEER, SUPPLY DIVISION, BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, HAJIPUR,VAISHALI. 5. JUNIOR ENGINEER, SUPPLY DIVISION, BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, HAJIPUR,VAISHALI. ….RESPODNENTS ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Naresh Chandra Verma, Advocate. For the respondents : M/s. Vinay Kiriti Singh and Vijay Kumar Verma, Advocates. ------ 02/ 22.07.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the Bihar State Electricity Board and its authorities. This petition has been filed by the petitioner for quashing the electrical demand bill of Rs.72357/- as contained in Annexure-3 issued by Electric Supply Division, Hajipur. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the said demand bill is illegal and arbitrary and against the specific principles of law. On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondents submits that no notice of disconnection has been given to the petitioner till date and he has an alternative remedy to move before the Assistant Engineer, Supply Division, Bihar State 2 Electricity Board, Vaishali (respondent no.4) who is the assessing officer under the provisions of Section 126 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to move before the said authority for the relief sought in the writ petition raising all the objections which he has taken here. If the said petition is filed before the authority concerned within fifteen days from today, the electricity of the petitioner premises shall not be disconnected till the decision of the said authority on the petition of the petitioner. Sunil/ ( S. N. Hussain, J.)