JUDGMENT - Mrs. SUJATA MANOHAR, J.:---The petitioner is a retired civil servant. He joined Government service in 1942. He worked with the Government of Maharashtra till 1974. Thereafter, the petitioner worked with the United Nations from May, 1974 upto March 1980. He returned to India in April, 1980 and thereafter he is residing at Bombay at 5, Lalit, Wodehouse Road, Bombay - 400 039. The family of the petitioner consists of himself, his wife, his daughter, son-in-law and niece. No other person resides at the said premises. The petitioner has a telephone at the said premises. Originally, the number of the telephone was 241605. It is now changed to 2021615. According to the petitioner, apart from his four family members no other person uses the said telephone.

2. At all times material to this petition, the telephone had an S.T.D. facility. After the return of the petitioner to India, the telephone calls metered at the said telephone for the bi monthly period for which the telephone bills are issued by the respondents, did not exceed 951 calls for any of the bi monthly periods during the period 1-7-1981 to 14-6-1982. For the bi monthly period of 14-6-1982 to 14-8-1982, the telephone c

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