[137] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 03.02.2026 Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vikran Nigam and another …Appellants versus Gurpreet Singh and another ….Respondents Coram : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ JAIN Present: Mr. S.K. Mahajan, Advocate for the appellants.

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PANKAJ JAIN, J. (ORAL)

[1] Defendant is in appeal. For convenience the parties hereinafter are referred to as by their original position before the Court of First Instance i.e., the appellant as defendant and the respondent as plaintiff.

[2] The plaintiff instituted a suit seeking a decree of declaration to the effect that the checking report dated 20.09.2014, the demand raised vide memos No.1881 and 1882 both dated 28.10.2014, as well as the short assessment memo No.175 dated 06.07.2015, be declared illegal, null and void and not binding upon him. A further relief of permanent injunction was sought restraining the defendant from disconnecting the electricity connection of the plaintiff and from effecting recovery of the amount of ₹42,287/-.

[3] The plaintiff is a consumer of electricity supplied by the defendant. On 20.09.2014, the officials of the defendant department conducted a checking of