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RAJ MOHAN SINGH
M/s Goyal Rice Mill – Appellant
Versus
Lok Adalat – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Raj Mohan Singh, J. (Oral) - Petitioner has preferred this writ petition for the issuance of an appropriate writ in the nature of cererroi, quashing the impugned order dated 19.09.2015 passed by the Permanent Lok Adalat (Public Utility Services), Bathinder under Section 22(c) of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987.
2. The petitioner has also sought writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent nos.2 and 3 to refund the amount already deposited by the petitioner under protest.
3. In the month of July 2007, M/s Maa Saraswati Rice Mills applied for a new electricity connection under the LS category. The connection was installed after payment of necessary charges in the month of October, 2011, the aforesaid unit was sold to Guru Nanak Agro Foods. Thevendee continued to avail electricity from the electricity connection in the name of M/s Maa Saraswati Rice Mills. The said electricity connection was never transferred in the name of Guru Nanak Agro Foods. Guru Nanak Agro foods made default in the making payments of electricity bills regularly. As a result of persistent default, the electric connection was disconnected in the month of December, 2013. The aforesaid Rice M
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