J U D G M E N T

Whether the petitioner's connection bearing No.

5562012511 given by the Kerala State Electricity Board is liable to be included under the LT VII (A) commercial tariff- allegedly being a 'cold storage' or whether it is to be included under the LT IVA Industrial category- as applicable for a 'processing unit', attached with cold storage as contended by the petitioner, is the crucial point to be considered and decided in this case.

2. The sequence of events as narrated in the Writ Petition shows that the petitioner is a firm, stated as involved in the sea food processing and export, running the business under the name and style as Bell Foods, who started the activities in the year 1970, obtaining an electric connection with the consumer No.5562007952, under LT IV Industrial category. While so, the petitioner started another unit under the name M/s.International Merchandising Company, in the very same compound with a larger cold storage as per the standards prescribed by the European Union and a separate connection was obtained as consumer No.5562012511. By virtue of the activities being pursued and the relevant norms for categorisation and tariff, then in existence, both