IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3759 of 2009 M/S Puja Engineers (Pvt.) Ltd. through its Director, Dinesh Kumar Khowala, Son of Late Mahabir Prasad Khowala, the office of which at CH-2, Road No. 26, Sri Krishna Nagar, Patna- 800 001. ------ Petitioner. Versus 1. The Bihar State Electricity Board, through its Chairman, Baily Road, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Baily Road, Patna. 3. The Finance Controller (Revenue), Bihar State Electricity Board, Baily Road, Patna. 4. The General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, PESU Electric Supply Area, Patna. 5. The Superintendent Engineer, Electric Supply Circle, PESU, (East), Patna. 6. The Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, PESU (East), Patna. – Respondents. ----------- 3 14.11.2011 Heard leaned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the Bihar State Electricity Board. This writ application has been filed praying therein that the respondent nos. 3 and 4 should grant exemption to the petitioner under the Minimum Guarantee Scheme from 1.4.2006 as per the policy decision taken by the Government and adopted by the Board contained in Annexure-1. The petitioner has been granted the exemption from the year 2008. The claim of the petitioner is from 1.4.2006. The ground of rejection as per Annexure-2 is that since the petitioner’s certificate that he was running mechanized unit for manufacturing bread was signed in January, 2008, the exemption was granted from the date on which it was signed. Annxure-3 is the certificate granted by the General Manager, District Industry Centre, Patna which indicates that the petitioner was running his factory since 17.11.1987 and since its very inception it was mechanized. Merely because a certificate was signed in the year 2008, the Board has granted the exemption from 2008, which in my view is rather unreasonable and depicts non- 2 application of mind. The fact remains that the petitioner is running his production unit for manufacturing bread by using mechanized process since 1987 and as such, the respondent nos. 3 and 4 are directed to consider the case of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders within a period of two months on receipt of a copy of this order. This writ application is disposed of with the aforesaid observations. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)