IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2741 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 2741 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 2741 OF 2007 Bhor Taluka Pith Girni ] .. Petitioner Versus 1. Maharashtra State Electricity ] Distribution Company Ltd. & 2 ors. ] .. Respondents Mr. V.G. Peshave for the petitioner. Mrs. D.A. Chavan i/b Little & Co. for the respondent No.1. None for the respondent No.2. Mr. A.H. Palekar, AGP, for the respondent No.3. CORAM: S.B. MHASE & D.G. KARNIK, JJ. DATED: 17TH SEPTEMBER, 2007 P.C. : . Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. By this Petition, the petitioner challenges the levy of fixed charges and additional supply charges for supply of electricity. 2. The electricity tariff is required to be fixed with the approval of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (for short "MERC"). Accordingly, the tariff schedule has been approved by the respondent : 2 : No.2 and the tariff is being charged as approved by the respondent No.2. Section 111 of the Electricity Act, 2003, provides for appeal against the order of MERC. In the circumstances, the petitioner is free to approach the appellate authority in accordance with law. The present Writ Petition is misconceived and is rejected summarily. Sd/- Sd/- [D.G. KARNIK, J.] [D.G. KARNIK, J.] [D.G. KARNIK, J.] [S.B. MHASE, J.] [S.B. MHASE, J.] [S.B. MHASE, J.]