Harish Tandon, J.

1. An important and legal point has arisen in the instant writ petition required to be answered by this Court. Before proceeding to formulate the point, the salient facts, which are more or less undisputed, are adumbrated herein below-

The West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as Distribution Company) provided the electric connection to energize mini submersible pumps to both the petitioners having Consumer Nos. 163099442 and 163090423 for irrigation purposes. By virtue of a family arrangement/settlement the petitioner No. 2 is permitted to use and occupy the land belonging to the petitioner No. 2 and therefore was also using the meter allotted to the petitioner No. 2 for such purposes. The Distribution Company raised the bill on quarterly basis indicating the charges for consumption of electricity, which was duly paid. However, because of the fact that petitioner No. 1 was diagnosed with a chronic heart ailment and had to undergo a bypass surgery, the cultivation could not be done by him nor the petitioners could pay the electric charges to the Distribution Company, which led to the disconnection of electric s