IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH S.No. 102 Reserved on : 07.04.2026 Date of Pronouncement : 18.04.2026 Uploaded on : 22.04.2026 Punjab State Electricity Board .… Appellant versus Market Committee, Abohar …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE HARPREET KAUR JEEWAN Argued by: Mr. Baltej Pal Singh Walia, Advocate, Ms. Karishma Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Harsh Suhalia, Advocate, Mr. Tushar Kumar, Advocate, for the appellant.

Mr. Inderpreet Singh, Advocate, for the respondent.

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HARPREET KAUR JEEWAN, J.

1. The appellant-defendant has filed the present Regular Second Appeal being aggrieved of the concurrent findings of the trial Court and the First Appellate Court decreeing the suit of the respondent-plaintiff, whereby, the appellant-defendant has been restrained from acting on the basis of the demand notice.

2. As per brief facts, the respondent-plaintiff was issued a memo dated 28.12.1990 by the appellant-respondent for recovery of Rs.2,87,291/- with respect to electricity connection. The respondent-plaintiff challenged the said memo alleging that it is violative of the provisions of Section 26 of the Electricity Act. The appellant-defendant has not referred the matter to