IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12671 of 2011 Ravi Shankar Kumar, S/O Shri Ravindra Prasad, R/O Rikvganj, P.S. - Malsalami, Town Patna City, District – Patna. . . . . . Petitioner. Versus 1. The Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna through its Chairman 2. The General Manager cum Chief Engineer, Patna Electric Supply Undertaking Mangles Road, Patna. 3. The Electrical Superintending Engineer, Patna Eclectic Supply Undertaking East, Shivalaya Market, Ashok Rajpath, Patna. 4. The Electrical Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Patna City. 5. The Assistant Electrical Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Katara. . . . . . Respondents. ----------- 2/ 20.09.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. In the instant writ application, the petitioner prays for restoration of electric line disconnected on 04.04.2011 pursuant to allegation of theft of electricity. The punitive Bill was assessed as Rs. 1,49,536/-. The petitioner submits that he was granted anticipatory bail by order dated 30.04.2011 passed by learned Sessions Judge, Patna on the condition that he will deposit the punitive bill of Rs. 1,49,536/- in 20 equal monthly installments of Rs.7477/- along with the current charges. The petitioner submits that he is regularly paying the installments and is not a defaulter. He further submits that by this time, he has already paid four installments of Rs.7477/-, which comes to about Rs.30,000/. The petitioner submits that he will regularly pay the installment along with the current charges without any delay. As the petitioner has been paying installments regularly, the electric line/connection would be restored on additional payment of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) besides the 2 monthly installment, which will be adjusted towards the total bill, within one week. The Board would be at liberty to install a new meter. In case, if there is default in payment of installment as undertaken before the learned Sessions Judge, Patna, the Department would be at liberty to disconnect the electric line of the petitioner. This application stands disposed of. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)