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SANJEEV KUMAR
Mahesh Chander Sharma – Appellant
Versus
Union Territory of J&K – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SANJEEV KUMAR, J.
1. Petitioner No. 1 is a consumer of electric energy supplied by the respondents and is identified by Consumer ID No. 0101020005173 and Installation No. GHB/1974. He claims to have executed a lease deed in favour of petitioner No. 2 qua the premises situated in Khasra No. 360/361 Opposite Bakshi Nagar, Pulli Akhnoor Road, Jammu, where the subject electric connection has been sanctioned by the respondents for a load of 5KV-90KV (commercial). As is apparent from the documents on record, it is a three phase and four wire connection sanctioned by the respondents in favour of the petitioners for the aforementioned commercial load.
2. The petitioners are aggrieved and have assailed the monthly bill of supply of electricity raised by the respondents for the month of January, 2020.
3. It is the contention of the petitioners that right from the year 2016, when the sanction was accorded for revision of load of 05 KV to 90KV, the petitioner No. 1 has been regularly paying the electricity bills as raised by the respondents every month and has not committed a single default in clearing the electricity bills qua the connection in question. However, the petitioner No. 1 w
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