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LAKSHMANA RAO, POTHURI VENKATESWARA RAO
ASSISTANT ENGINEER – Appellant
Versus
GUNDA HANUMANTHA RAO – Respondent


Advocates:
Counsel for the Parties:
For the Appellant :Mr. C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy Advocate.
For the Respondent: None appeared.

ORDER

Mr. Justice Lakshmana Rao, President — This appeal is directed against the order of the District Forum, Guntur in C.D. No. 95 of 1989 dated: 13-11-1990 directing the electricity Board to restore the service No. 307 of the respondent herein within three days. It was further directed that llie appellant herein shall pay Rs. 500.00 (Rupees Five Hundred only) to the Respondents towards compensation and costs.

2. It is submitted by the learned Counsel for the appellant that the respondent had misused the domestic service connection for commercial purpose by operating 2 H.P. motor from August, 1985 and therefore, he was liable to pay the charges levied by the Electricity Board. The question whether the so-called statement of the respondent admitting that he had been using the domestic service connection No. 307 for a commercial purpose by using 2 H.P. motor from August, 1985 was genuine or not, was dealt with at length by the District Forum and held that the statement alleged to have been given by the Respondent cannot be believed having regard to the oral and documentary evidence on record. After going through the relevant material, we are fully satisfied that the finding recorded b





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