( 1 ) THE facts giving rise to this Miscellaneous Petition are that the non-petitioner (Devendra Nath Gupta), who is a tenant of the petitioner Ramjiwan, filed a suit before the Rent Controller, under Section 8 of the Madhya Bharat Accommodation Control Act of 1955 (Act No. 23 of 1956), alleging that the landlord, had, without sufficient cause cut off the tenant's electric connection and prayed that the landlord be directed to restore it. This was resisted by the landlord on the ground that because the tenant had not paid electric charges, the Electric Company had cut off the connection of the whole house, including the portion in dispute. The Rent Controller ordered the landlord to restore the electric connection within 2 days from the order and, awarded compensation for the inconvenience caused to the tenant at the rate of Rs.-/8/- per day. Both the parties went in appeal before the District Judge, who rejected the appeal of the landlord but allowed the appeal of the tenant, and raised, the amount of compensation from annas eight per day to Rs. 2/- per day, the maximum amount that he could have awarded under the Act. AS the order of the District Judge was final, th