Challenge in this writ application is to the inspection report dated 6.2.2009, the provisional assessment order dated 7.2.2009 and the corresponding bill issued by the respondents no.4 and 5 respectively, whereby the respondents have proceeded against the petitioner under the provisions of section 126 of the Electricity Act, 2003 and have raised a demand for payment of the amount assessed as loss caused to the Board by the petitioner by his alleged acts of unauthorized use of electricity. In addition to the prayer for quashing the aforesaid report and the provisional bill, the petitioner has also prayed for a direction to the respondents to forthwith restore the electrical connection to the petitioner’s premises, without imposing any condition upon the petitioner for payment of the demanded amount. By way of an amendment to the writ petition, the petitioner has sought to introduce a further prayer for quashing the circular no. 531 dated 29.1.2009 issued by the respondent no.1 through its Secretary, whereby the concerned officers of the respondent Board have been directed to adopt a specific formula for assessment of the loss caused to the respondent Board in cases of una