C.K. Prasad, J.

1. The petitioner has filed this Writ Application for quashing the letter dated 30-3-1996 (Annexure P/12) whereby the petitioner has been directed to pay an amount of Rs. 1,51,713.14/- (rupees one lakh fiftyone thousand seven hundred and thirteen and fourteen paise) as electrical charges failing which it has been threatened that the electrical line of the petitioner shall be disconnected. Further prayer has been made for issuance of appropriate writ, order or direction commanding the respondents that till decision on the dispute raised by the petitioner, before the Electrical Inspector, no revised bill be sent by respondents to the petitioner.

2. Facts giving rise to the present application, are that the petitioner is a small scale industrial unit and is a consumer of respondent. According to the petitioner on 17-11-1995, the premises of the petitioner was visited by respondent No. 3 and meter inspected. It is the stand of the petitioner that the aforesaid act of respondent No. 3 in making inspection was without following the mandate Under Section 20 of the Indian Electricity Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and no prior information was given to the petit