IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.23102 of 2011 1. Satish Kumar son of Late Palton Jha, residing at A/33 Vijay Nagar, P.S. Patrakar Nagar, District/ Town- Patna. 2. Manoj Kumar @ Manoj Kumar Jha, son of Sri Raja Nand Jha, residing at G/5 Vijay Nagar, P.S.-Patrakar Nagar, District- Patna. . . . . . Petitioners. Versus 1. The Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna through its Chairman. 2. The Electrical Superintending Engineer, Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (East), Shivalaya Market, Ashok Rajpath, Patna. 3. The electrical Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Kankarbagh, Patna. 4. The Assistant Electrical Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Kankarbagh, Patna. 5. The Junior Electrical Engineer, Hanuman Nagar (PESU), Kankarbagh, Patna. . . . . . Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2/ 23.12.2011 The petitioners are L.T.I.S. consumers with a sanctioned load of 25 H.P. The petitioners have unit in Hanuman Nagar, Kankarbagh, Patna. In the instant writ application, the petitioners have prayed for restoration of their electric line, which has been disconnected pursuant to raising of punitive bill to the tune of Rs.5,24,000/- and odd on 11.11.2011. It appears that pursuant to inspection, provisional bill has been submitted to the petitioners, for which they have filed objection to the same under Section 126(3) of the Electricity Act, 2003 The petitioners submit that the electric bill has been raised in violation of the Electricity Act as well as in violation of the Supply Code. They further submit that they have been granted anticipatory bail by order dated 23.11.2011 passed by 2 learned Sessions Judge, Patna vide A.B.P. No.5681 of 2011 on certain conditions mentioned therein. The petitioners submit that they are willing to deposit 40 % of the provisional assessment amount. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I observe as follows: The petitioners would deposit 40 % of the punitive Bill in three installments. The first installment of 15% would be paid within two weeks from today. The remaining 15 % would be paid within a further period of four weeks and the rest 10% would be deposited within four weeks thereafter. On deposit of the first installment of 20 %, the electric line of the petitioner would be restored. The amount which he has already deposited pursuant to order in anticipatory bail would be adjusted towards the punitive bill. This application stands disposed of. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)