In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Civil Revision No. 5610 of 2008 Date of decision: July 08, 2009 Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and another .. Petitioners Vs. Lakhpati .. Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Ms. Naveender P.K. Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. A.N. Jindal, J The respondent has been served through counsel but he has not put in appearance. The respondent was enrolled as consumer of electricity with the respondent against account No.VVII/0629 domestic supply for her residence which is situated near Giri School, Adampur District Hisar. She had been paying electricity bills regularly. In the month of August, 2007, she had paid a sum of Rs.233/- to the petitioners. Upon checking, the respondent was found stealing electricity, therefore, on the basis of checking report dated 19.1.2008, he was imposed a penalty of Rs.78,846/-. The respondent questioned the legality of the assessment order before the civil court and moved application for temporary injunction not to recover the amount. Additional Civil Judge (Sr. Division), Hisar, while holding that the respondent had no prima facie case in her favour, directed her to deposit the total assessment amount of penalty within a period of 10 days and in that situation, the connection could be restored to the respondent. Aggrieved by the said order, the respondent preferred an appeal which was accepted by the learned Additional District Judge, Hisar, vide its judgment dated 21.5.2008, directing the petitioners to restore the electricity supply subject to depositing 50% of amount due within a period of one week mentioned in the assessment order bearing No.480/481 dated 19.1.2008 by the respondent. Civil Revision No. 5610 of 2008 -2- *** On scrutiny of the impugned order, no fault could be found with the order. However, in order to further safeguard the interest of the petitioners, the respondent could be directed to furnish security for the remaining amount within two months from today. Disposed of accordingly. July 08, 2009 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge