JUDGMENT

G.S. Singhvi, J.—

1. Leave granted.

2. This is an appeal for setting aside order dated 30.7.2008 passed by the Division Bench of Punjab & Haryana High Court whereby it dismissed the writ petition filed by the appellant against the order of Ombudsman, Electricity, Punjab (hereinafter described as “the Ombudsman”) who, in turn, reversed the decision of the Disputes Settlement Authority (for short, “the DSA”) and directed refund of the amount recovered from the respondent towards Advance Consumption Deposit (ACD), service connection charges and load surcharge.

3. The respondent, who owns a shopping complex at Mata Rani Chowk, AC Market, Ludhiana submitted application dated 23.5.1995 to the competent authority of the appellant for sanction of NRS connection with a load of 2548 KW and deposited ACD amounting to Rs.5,25,600/-. The Engineer-in-Chief/Commercial Sales Director, Punjab State Electricity Board sanctioned registration of the application of the respondent subject to the condition that connection would be released only after shifting of 8 MVA load from 66 KV sub station, G.T. Road, Ludhiana to the proposed 66 KV sub station, Feroze Gandhi Market and Transport Nagar, Lud