IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.436 of 2009 Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna through its Chairman ---- Respondent--- Appellant. Versus 1.Birendra Kumar Singh, son of late Thakur Kapildev Narayan Singh, resident of Chowk, P.O.Begumpur, P.S. Chowk, District- Patna. ------ Petitioner/Respondent Ist Set. 2. The General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, Patna Electric Supply Undertaking, Mangles Road, Patna. 3. The Electrical Superintending Engineer, Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (East)Shivalaya Market, Ashok Rajpath, Patna. 4. The Electrical Executive Engineer, Supply Patna City, Patna. 5. The Assistant Electrical Engineer, Supply Patna City, Patna, Patna. 6. The Assistant Electrical Engineer, Supply, Katra, Patna City, Patna ----- Respondents/Respondents 2nd Set. ------------- 5. 25.7.2009 Heard Mr. Vinay Kirti Singh for the appellant, and Mr. S.D. Sanjay for the respondents. The Bihar State Electricity Board and its functionaries have preferred this appeal under Clause 10 of the Latter Patent of High Court of Judicature at Patna, and are aggrieved by order dated 20.2.2009, passed in C.W.J.C. No. 17629 of 2008 ( Birendra Kumar Singh Vs. Bihar State Electricity Board and others.), whereby the writ petition has been disposed of with the directions recorded therein. We have perused the materials on record and considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties. It appears that the writ petitioner is the consumer of electricity from the Board. The functionaries of the Board had allegedly noticed that the meter installed in the premises of the writ petitioner to record supply of electrical power was tampered as a result of which it was not recording accurate reading leading 2 to punitive bill dated 18.11.2008, amounting to Rs.14,92,814/-. The Board has also lodged the First Information Report against the writ petitioner which is in progress. The writ petition, therefore, has been disposed of with a direction to the Board to permit the petitioner to deposit Rs. 2, 00,000/- which shall be subject to the result of the proceedings before the learned Special Court under Section 154 of the Act. The impugned order in substance grants interim protection subject to the final adjudication under Section 154 of the Electricity Act, 2003. The view taken by the learned Single judge is a possible view. We would, therefore, not like to interfere with the same even though we may tend to disagree in its details. The appeal is dismissed. It goes without saying that the writ petitioner shall continue to pay the current bills which is beyond the scope of the present writ petition. Vinay/ ( S. K. Katriar ,J. ) ( Jyoti Saran, J.)