Judicial authority must respect previous rulings, affirming the dismissal of duplicate challenges.

JUDGMENT

The New India Assurance Company Ltd. challenges Ext.P6 order passed by the Kerala State Electricity Appellate Authority in an appeal preferred by the petitioner challenging the final assessment proceedings issued by the board on 20.02.2017. 2. The appeal was allowed and the board was directed to pass a revised assessment order in light of the dictum laid down in the judgment in W.P.(C) No.6993 of 2013 and the connected case dated 12.04.2017, ie.,Sulabha Marketing (P) Ltd v. Kerala StateElectricity Board, Thiruvananthapuram and others [2017 (3) KHC 563]

3. The writ petition is filed challenging the demands issued pursuant to the order of the appellate authority.

4. The very same order of the appellate authority was challenged by the board in W.P.(C) No.2784 of 2020, and by judgment dated 03.02.2020, the appeal filed by the board was allowed.

Given the above, no relief can be granted in this writ petition, as orders have been passed against the petitioner herein in W.P.(C) No.2784 of 2020. Under such circumstances, the writ petition fails and is dismissed. However, this judgment will not prevent the petitioner from applying for any benefit under the OTS scheme, if any, if the petitioner is eligible for the same.

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