IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.3024 of 2018 The Executive Engineer …. Petitioners (CESU) and another Mr. D.K. Mohanty, Advocate -versus-

Permanent Lok Adalat, …. Opp. Parties PUS, Dhenkanal-Angul, Dhenkanal and another Ms. Susamarani Sahoo, Advocate Mr. R.K. Tripathy, Advocate CORAM:

JUSTICE MRUGANKA SEKHAR SAHOO

ORDER

15.04.2026 (Hybrid Mode)

Order No.

09. 1. The matter being in the list is mentioned jointly by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the opposite party.

2. The petitioner no.1 is the electricity supply utility represented through its Executive Engineer and the opposite party no.2 is entity who has some business relationship with the opposite party no.1. They jointly have filed the writ application challenging the award dated 02.02.2018 passed by the Permanent Lok Adalat(PUS), Dhenkanal-Angul at Dhenkanal in PLA Case No.19 of 2017.

The said PLA case was filed by the opposite party no.2-applicant challenging the assessment with regard to the amount of penalty of Rs.66,528/-. The said penalty was imposed by the petitioner herein, the opposite party no.2 being the consumer of the electricity.

3. The matter was presented before t