IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.929 of 2009 M/S GAUTAM ELECTRICALS, English Bazar, Sonepur, P.S. Sonepur, District-Saran through its Proprietor Sanjeev Kumar s/o Kumar Balram Singh . Versus 1. BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD,Bailey Road, Patna through its Chairman Mr. Swapan Mukherjee. 2. Kripa Narayan Singh, Superintending Engineer, Chapra Electrical Circle, Chapra, District- Saran. 3. Suresh Prasad Singh, Electrical Executive Engineer, Chapra (East),Electrical Division, Chapra, District- Saran. 4. The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Energy Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. ----------- 3 3.11.2010 The petitioner had sought payment on basis of 350 Kutir Jyoti Connection, as provided by him. As per the order, as passed in the writ petition, it was noted that the Board admitted so far as 219 connections are concerned. With regard to 131 balance, Board had sought for clarification from the Mukhiya , who slept over the matter, thus denying the petitioner of payment. This Court directed payment in respect of 219 but for the balance it directed the Board to make enquiry and make payment, if any due, within two months. Upon this contempt application being filed, after seven months there was no compliance. A show cause notice has been filed in which now a compliance is shown after more than a year with no plausible explanation. The claim of the petitioner has been out rightly rejected. Petitioner vehemently argued that he has a full list of 350 Kutir Jyoti consumers in respect of which the Board is raising the electricity bill but for mala fide reason the Mukhiya 2 and the officials of the Board are giving false report to deny the payment. In my view, this is a matter of dispute, which can only be settled in a fresh proceeding. The claim having been rejected, that part of the order has been complied with but it has been complied belatedly i.e. after the contempt application was filed and that too six months thereafter. This calls for an exemplary action. Let respondent pay, within one week ,the petitioner a cost of Rs. 5000/- (five thousand) for the delayed compliance of the order of this Court and the receipt must be filed in this Court within two weeks thereafter. It will be open to the Board to realize the said amount from the officials found responsible for the delayed compliance of the order of this Court. The application is accordingly disposed of. singh ( Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)