JUDGMENT

Raju, J.-The above batch of appeals arise out of a common judgment rendered in a batch of Writ Petitions by a Full Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, since reported in AIR 1999 Madhya Pradesh 143 and also the consequential separate orders passed subsequently by the Division Bench dismissing the Writ Petitions. The Writ Petitioner-Industries filed appeals against that portion of the opinion of the Full Bench confining the declaration of law made for prospective application only and the dismissal of the Writ Petitions, whereas, the Electricity Board had filed appeals against that portion of the opinion of the Full Bench declaring the position of law that whenever the contracted supply falls short of 40 of the contract load then the Board shall be entitled to charge only for the reduced energy actually supplied and not for 40 of the contract load as minimum charges and thereby overruling an earlier decision of a Division Bench of the said High Court reported in M/s. Gwalior Steels Private Ltd. v. M.P. Electricity Board1. For the purpose of appreciating the points raised, we would advert to the facts in one of these appeals, particularly those in M/s. Raymond Ltd. in C.A