IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.18855 of 2008 M/S SATYAKAM COLD STORAGE(P)LTD., a Company registered under the provisions of the Companies Act, having its office at Pipra Station, P.O. Damodarpur, P.S.Pipra, District East Champaran, Bihar, through its Managing Director, Subash Chandra Gupta, son of late Rameshwar Gupta, resident of Pipra, P.O.Damodarpur, P.S. Pipra District East Champaran---------------petitioner Versus 1.BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, Vidyut Bhavan, Bailey Road, Patna through its Chairman 2.The General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, Tirhut Area Electricity Supply, Bhagwanpur Chouk, Muzaffarpur 3.The Electrical Superintending Engineer, Electric Circle, Motihari 4.The Electrical Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Motihari 5.The Assistant Electrical Engineer, Supply, Chakiya, Dist. East Champaran---------respondents ----------- For the petitioner :Mr.Suraj Samdarshi,Advocate For the respondent Board:Mr.Vinay Kirti Singh Advocate. ----- 3. 30.3.2009 Heard learned counsels for the parties. The dispute relates to the defective functioning of the meter, according to the petitioner. A counter affidavit has already been filed on behalf of the respondent-Board in which it is stated that the meter in question has already been tested on 13.1.2009 by the representative of M/s. Secure Meters Ltd. and has been found to be recording correct consumption. 2 The petitioner in reply to the counter affidavit has challenged the test result on the ground that it has been carried out by the manufacturer itself which cannot be said to be a test by an independent agency and there is no report regarding accuracy level of the meter. In the above facts and circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in terms of paragraph 8.14(a)(iii) of the Bihar Electricity Supply Code the meter may be sent for testing to the National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi. Learned counsel for the Board has no objection to the said prayer. In the above circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the respondent-Board to remove the meter in question in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 8.14 of the Supply Code and send the same for testing to the National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi and on the basis of the test result and further objections etc. permissible under the law the bills of the petitioner shall be corrected one way or the other. 3 In the meantime, the authorities of the Board shall grant a new connection under Seasonal Supply Scheme to the petitioner within a week of the petitioner depositing the arrears amount raised under the previous bills within a period of fifteen days from today. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) spal/