IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11613 of 2006 DR.RANJIT BAHADUR SRIVASTAVA Versus THE BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD & ORS ----------- 3 11.02.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the respondents. There is no dispute that the only issue in this writ application involves to certain billing of the petitioner who is a consumer of the Board. These billing disputes in fact can be effectively gone into by a statutory Forum created under the Electricity Act, 2003 namely, Disputes Redressal Forum in terms of Section 42 (5) of the Electricity Act, 2003. In that view of the matter, the petitioner is directed to file a compact application before the Disputes Redressal Forum within a period of one month from today and in the event such an application is filed before the Forum in the aforesaid period, the Forum will be under obligation to dispose it of by a speaking order within next four months in accordance with law. With the aforementioned observations and directions this application is disposed of. Bibhash (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)