( 1 ) THE Banaras Electric Light and Power Company Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the petitioner)filed Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 1788 of 1974 against (1) the Collector, Varanasi District, varanasi (2) The Executive Engineer, Electricity Maintenance Division, P. O. D. L. W. Manduadih, Varanasi, (3) U. P. State Electricity Board, 14 Ashok Marg, Lucknow and (4) State of U. P. (hereinafter referred to as the respondents) for various reliefs. The said writ petition was partly allowed by us on Feb. 2, 1981 (reported in 1981 All LJ 303 ). The present application for review has been filed on behalf of respondents 2 and 3 to the writ petition.

( 2 ) THE facts giving rise to the writ petition are contained in our judgment aforesaid dated Feb. 2, 1981. For purpose of the review application it may be stated in brief that the petitioner had a licence under the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 for generating and supplying electricity within the municipal limits o! Varanasi. It also started with effect from Nov. 1962 purchasing a considerable quantity of electricity in bulk at voltage 11 KV from the U. P. State Electricity board, respondent No. 3 in regard to state of electric