IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3339 of 2000 M/S NATIONAL AGRO CHEMICALS Versus THE BIHAR STATE ELEC.BOARD &OR ----------- 13 29.7.2008 It is stated by learned counsel for the petitioner that an agreement was entered into between the petitioner and the Electricity Board with respect to its arrears of electricity charges and the petitioner was required to pay Rs. 3,20,912.49. The petitioner claims to have paid a sum of Rs.3,60,477/- along with its current bills through various receipts ( Annexure-9) for the period from 12.4.1996 to 24.7.1996. It is stated that the said position is further corroborated by the bills issued by the respondent- Board for the period from 30.7.1996 to 29.11.1996 (Annexure- 27 series). All the bills are duly supported by the receipts with regard to the payments and none of which shows any arrears for the past period. On the basis of the said facts, it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the only dues, which are to be paid, is pertaining to the period from December, 1996 to February, 2000 since its line was disconnected on 23.2.2000. Learned counsel for the petitioner also points out that there is factual inaccuracy in the report submitted by the General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, where it is stated that the petitioner had not filed any application with respect to exemption in terms of clause- 13 of the L.T. Agreement whereas he has brought on record a letter dated 11.5.1996 issued by the Electrical Superintending Engineer in which the claim for relief in M.G. charges for both the connections of 2 the petitioner was held to be not under the purview of clause 13 of the L.T. Agreement. Learned counsel for the Electricity Board, on the other hand, submits that the Finance Controller, Revenue in the year 1999 had referred to the earlier inspections carried out in the impugned order dated 18.6.1999 and had directed the officials of the Board to raise fresh bills for the reasons stated in the said order based upon three inspections carried out by the authorities of the Board. Since the matter relates to bona fide accounting dispute between the petitioner and the authorities of the Board, the impugned order dated 18.6.1999 of the Finance Controller is set aside and the matter is referred to the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum constituted by the Bihar State Electricity Board under Section 42 (5) of the Electricity Act, 2003. The writ application is, accordingly, disposed of with the aforesaid direction. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.)