(1) wp6601-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 6601 OF 2011 M/s Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. and another PETITIONERS VERSUS Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. & another RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. J.J. Bhatt, Senior Counsel, instructed by Mr. A.B. Kale, Mr. J.R. Shah, Mr. Arun Siwach, advocates for the petitioners. Mr. P.M. Shah, Senior Counsel, instructed by Mr. P.B. Paithankar, advocate for Respondent No.1. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 4th OCTOBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. The issue regarding the question as to what would fall in the term "Hightech Agricultural Activities" is already raised by the present petitioners by way of a Review Petition before the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission". In that view of the matter, we find that interest of justice would be met by disposing of the present petition with a direction to the Maharashtra (2) wp6601-11 Electricity Regulatory Commission to decide the Review Petition filed by the petitioners as expeditiously as possible and in any case, within a period of six weeks from today. It is made clear that we have not considered the matter on its own merits and all questions, including the question regarding maintainability of the Review Petition, are kept open to be decided by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission. 2. In the meantime, till the decision of the Review Petition by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission, we direct that the respondent Authorities shall not disconnect the electricity supply of the petitioners on the basis of impugned demand notice, subject to the condition that the petitioners deposit 50 per cent of the demand amount with the Respondent No. 1 within a period of three weeks from today. In the event the order passed by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission in the Review Petition is adverse to the interest of the petitioners, the respondent Authorities shall not take any coercive action against the petitioners for (3) wp6601-11 a period of three weeks from the date of passing of the order in the Review Petition. Present Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. 3. A copy of this order, duly authenticated by the Court Shirestedar, be issued the learned counsel for the parties, at their request. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [B.R. GAVAI, J.] npj/wp6601-11