IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN WEDNESDAY, THE 28TH SEPTEMBER 2011 / 6TH ASWINA 1933 WA.No. 1297 of 2011() --------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT/ORDER IN WPC.5568/2011 Dated 22/07/2011 .................... APPELLANT(S): RESPONDENTS ------------------------- 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VYDHYUTHI BHAVAN, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN-695 004, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. ASSISTANT ENGINEER, ELECTRICAL SECTION, CENTRAL, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-682 018. BY ADV. SRI.K.M.SATHYANATHA MENON,SC,KSEB RESPONDENT(S): PETITIONER ------------------------- E.JOHN THOMAS, S/O.LATE E.V.JOHN, EDACHERIL HOUSE, I.S.PRESS ROAD, KOCHI-682 018. BY MR.ASOK M.CHERIAN MR.SANTHOSH G.PRABHU THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/09/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.A.NO.1297/2011 APPENDIX APPELLANT'S EXHIBITS ANNEXURE-A : COPY OF LETTER DATED 31/08/2007 ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD. //TRUE COPY// PA TO JUDGE. jg C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & P.S.GOPINATHAN, JJ. .................................................................... W.A. No.1297 of 2011 .................................................................... Dated this the 28th day of September, 2011. J U D G M E N T Ramachandran Nair, J. Heard learned Standing Counsel for the appellants & learned counsel for the respondent. The judgment under challenge is one issued by the learned Single Judge directing the KSEB to give electricity connection to the respondent without establishing transformer by the respondent. Admittedly, the respondent has only a shop room where the connected load is only 5 KW. However, the KSEB has taken into account the load in other shops in the building owned by different persons and then demanded the respondent to install transformer at his cost. The learned Single Judge found the demand is illegal and improper. We do not think there is any justification for the KSEB to demand the respondent to pay the cost of transformer for taking connection to cover a load of 5 KW in a shop room. This Writ Appeal is accordingly dismissed. (C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE) (P.S.GOPINATHAN, JUDGE) jg