IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.10244 of 2011 MAHMOOD ALAM - Petitioner/s(s) Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS - Respondent/s(s) ------------------ Appearance : For the Petitioner/s: Mr. SAJID SALIM KHAN For the Respondent/s: Mr. P.N. SAHI AAG14 --------------- 2 07.07.2011. The petitioner prays for quashing the letter no. 403 dated 27.5.2011 as well as letter no. 921 dated 9.6.2011 by which he has been directed to pay the energy bill of Rs. 22,69,434.00 in view of enhanced connected load from 30 KW to 110 KW against his Hotel, namely, Tokyo Vihar, situated at Bodh Gaya. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that like other hotels of Bodh Gaya, petitioner’s hotel has more or less average number of rooms and other facilities for which he had already been allowed load of 30 KW. All of a sudden the Electricity Department has arbitrarily enhanced the connected load and directed to pay the consequential bill. The petitioner further submits that he has already filed a representation in this regard before the Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board on 2.6.2011, Annexure 11. 2 The writ petition is disposed of with observation that if the petitioner files a fresh representation before the Consumers Grievances Redressal Forum along with a copy of this order within a period of 3 weeks, the same would be examined and disposed of in accordance with law preferably within two months thereof. Pending final adjudication by the Cell, the petitioner would continue to pay the energy bill calculated at the connected load of 30 KW against his Consumer no. B4557 in NDS2 category. Shashi ( S.P. Singh, J.)