IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17546 of 2011 M/S Hajipur Roller Flour Mills Versus The Bihar State Electricity Board & Ors - 2 30.9.2011 The petitioner is a flour mill. The grievance of the petitioner is that its electric line has been disconnected and a punitive bill to the tune of Rs.58,56,732/-has been raised without following the due procedure provided under the Electricity Act and the Electricity Supply Rules. The petitioner submits that another punitive bill of Rs.11,73,000/- in respect of petitioner’s flour mill was raised which has promptly been paid by the petitioner. Learned counsel for the Board submits that in fact the petitioner indulged in theft of electricity by tampering with the meter and the bill has been rightly raised. In view of the nature of order that I propose to pass, I do not want to go into the rival contentions of the parties. Section 126(3) of the Electricity Act provides for filing an objection. The Board would serve a proper notice containing all the necessary details in order to enable the petitioner to file its objection within two weeks from the date of receipt of the notice. The Board would dispose of the same in accordance with law. Pending adjudication of the matter, the electric connection of the petitioner would be restored on the following conditions: i) The petitioner would deposit a total sum of Rs.18 lacs. The first 8 lacs would be deposited within a week from today. 2 Thereafter, the next Rs.5 lacs would be deposited within further period of four weeks and the remaining Rs.5 lacs would be deposited thereafter within further period of four weeks. On deposit of first installment of Rs.8 lacs, the electric line of the petitioner would be restored along with new meter. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this writ petition stands disposed of. KHAN (S. P. Singh, J.)