Ferro Alloys Corporation LTD. vs A. P. State Electricity Board

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1993 Supreme(SC) 408

K.JAYACHANDRA REDDY, S.MOHAN
Ferro Alloys Corporation LTD. – Appellant
Versus
A. P. State Electricity Board – Respondent

Advocates:
A.K.MEHTA, A.K.Sangal, A.P.Dhamija, A.T.PATRA, A.V.Pillai, Abha Jain, AJAY K.TAYAL, Altaf Ahmed, Anil B.Divan, Anil Chopra, ARCHNA KAUL, ARUNESHVAR GUPTA, ASHOK KUMAR GUPTA, Atul Sharma, B.C.AGRAWAL, B.Kanta Rao, B.M.PATNAIK, B.REDDY, Badri Das Sharma, BIMAL ROY JAD, BINA GUPTA, D.A.DAVE, D.K.GARG, DARSHAN SINGH, Dipa Dixit, G.L.SANGHI, G.RAMASVAMY, GAGRAT JANEDRA LAL, GOBINDA MUKHOTY, HARISH N.SLAVE, Jain Hansaria, K.J.JOHN, K.K.KHETAN, K.K.LAHRI, K.PARASARAN ATTORNEY, K.RAJENDRA CHAUDHARY, K.RAM KUMAR, KAILASH VASUDEV, KOKA RAGHAVA RAO, M.P.Jha, MALINI PODVAL, MANIK KARANJAVALA, MITTER, MOHINDER S.RUPAL, Narasing Murthy, O.P.KHAITAN, P.B.AGRAWAL, P.C.KAPUR, P.NIRUP, P.P.Rao, P.S.POTI, PALLAV SHISHODIA, PAVAN BAHL, PRABHU DAYAL AGRAWAL, PRADIP MISHRA, Pramila Choudhary, Prashant Bhushan, PRAVIN KUMAR, R.B.MISHRA, R.K.CHAUDHARY, R.K.GUPTA, R.K.PRIYOKUMAR SINGH, R.P.GUPTA, R.S.SODHI, R.VENKATARAMANA, RAIAN KARANJAVALA, RAJESH SHARMA, RAKESH K.SHARMA, RANJIT GHOSAL, Ravindra Narayan, REKHA PANDEY, RISHI AGARWAL, S.Atreya, S.K.JAIN, S.KAMAKSHI MEHIVAL, S.KHAITAN, S.P.PANDEY, S.R.AGARWAL, S.SUKUMARAN, Sanjay Parikh, Saria Chandra, SHANKAR GOPAL PAGIRE, SHANTI BHUSHAN, SHEIL MOHINI SETH, SHIVI SHARMA, SOLI J.SORABJI, SUDARSHAN LAL ANEJA, SURUCHI AGARWAL, SURYA KANT SHARMA, SUSHIL JAIN, SVARUP JOHN, T.V.RATNAM, T.V.S.N.Chari, V.R.REDDY, Vijay Hansaria, VINU BHAGAT, Virender Kaushal, Y.P.RAO

JUDGMENT

MOHAN, J.:—Leave granted.

2. These Civil appeals are directed against the judgment of the Division Bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court reported in Southern Steel Ltd. v. A. P. State Electricity Board, Hyderabad, AIR 1990 AP 58. The facts briefly are as under:

The Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board is constituted under Section 5 of the Electricity Supply Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). The said Board is engaged in generation, distribution and supply of electricity in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Electric energy is supplied for industrial, commercial, agricultural and domestic purposes. To such of these industries, using energy about a particular level, it is supplied at a higher voltage. They are classified as high tension consumers (H. T. consumers). All the appellants herein belong to that category.

3. Section 49 of the Act empowers the Board to notify the terms and conditions upon which it will supply electricity to a person. It is also empowered to frame uniform tariffs in that behalf. Sub-section (2) specifies in fixing the uniform tariff, the Board shall have regard to all or any or the following factors, namely-

(a) the nature of the supply and the pur

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1993 Supreme(SC) 408

K.JAYACHANDRA REDDY, S.MOHANFerro Alloys Corporation LTD. – AppellantVersusA. P. State Electricity Board – Respondent

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K.JAYACHANDRA REDDY, S.MOHAN
Ferro Alloys Corporation LTD. – Appellant
Versus
A. P. State Electricity Board – Respondent