Civil Revision No.1625 of 2009 [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ... Civil Revision No.1625 of 2009 Decided on : March 24, 2009 Gurtej Singh ... Petitioner VERSUS Punjab State Electricity Board and others ... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: Mr.Jagjit Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. A.N.JINDAL, J.- The plaintiff – petitioner by way of filing a suit has sought a restraint order against the respondent – Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) not to supply connection from the Service Line, which was drawn at his expenses, whereas, PSEB has taken a stand that vide Circular No.46/2001, after a certain period of providing the connection, the Service Line was to become property of Punjab State Electricity Board and, thus, it has the right to give connections to respondents No.4 and 5 from that line. Heard. Admittedly, the connection to the petitioner was given about 5/6 years back and the PSEB being the controller of the power has Civil Revision No.1625 of 2009 [ 2 ] the discretion to release the connections from any service line, which are within its control and from where it is practicable and feasible, besides keeping in view the load and other circumstances in a particular case. The Circular No.46/2001, as referred to by the respondent – PSEB before the courts below, lays down that the cost of maintenance of the 11 KV Line shall be borne by the consumer for the first two years and, thereafter, it becomes the property of the respondent – PSEB. In the above set of circumstances, the balance of convenience is not in favour of the plaintiff, rather it is in favour of the defendant – respondents No.4 and 5, who shall suffer irreparable loss if the connections are not supplied to them. Thus, the view formed by the courts below cannot be said to be incorrect. Dismissed. Needless to state that the petitioner would be entitled to compensation, if so permissible under the Rules. March 24, 2009 ( A.N.JINDAL ) `gian' JUDGE