ORDER :- On June 7, 2005 at around 12 noon the opposite party No. 2 herein Pradip Kumar Chatterjee, Assistant Engineer (E), S and L.P. Unit, Hooghly (D) Circle, W.B.S.E.B. Taldanga, Chinsurah being accompanied by other officers of WBSEB had been to the business premises of the petitioner where the petitioner, was found running a husking mill by drawing electricity supplied by the W.B.S.E.B. through the service connection No. GI-358, against his consumer No. 1240417. When upon inspection of his service connection installed at the aforesaid premises, in presence of the local independent witnesses and the representatives of the consumer theft of electricity by dishonestly tampering Meter and interference with the supply line was detected. The details of tampering detected by W.B.S.E.B. officers are as follows :

(a) Tampering of manufacturing paper seals No. (L) 2341495 and (R) 2341495 having "VOID" marks on both sides of the Meter were detected.

(b) On close inspection tampering of plastic seals was detected on Meter body and on optical part.

(c) Tampered lead seal was detected on P.R. Box.

(d) No seal in the Meter terminal cover.

ACMRI was used to download date from the Meter analysed thr

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