( 1 ) RULE. Mr. M. D. Pandya, learned counsel for respondent no. 1 waives the service of rule. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the petition has been taken up for final hearing to day.

( 2 ) THIS petition is filed by the petitioner for an appropriate writ, order or direction quashing and setting aside supplementary as well as revised bills Annexures A and E respectively, and for declaration that the action of the Gujarat Electricity Board -respondent no. 1 herein and its officers is illegal, contrary to law, unwarranted, null and void. A prayer is also made to quash and set aside an order dt. 15th March, 1999 passed by the Appellate Committee in Appeal No. B. 240/98-99 and by directing the respondent -Board to refund an amount of Rs. 92,532. 00 already deposited by the petitioner with the Board along with interest thereon at the rate of 18% p. a. A further prayer was made restraining the respondent from disconnecting electricity supply provided to the petitioner for industrial purposes.

( 3 ) THE case of the petitioner is that he is running a textile factory at 68, Sonal Industrial Estate, Pandesara, Udhana, Surat. The petitioner was having electric conn