J U D G M E N T

The petitioner is aggrieved by the demand raised with respect to the dues towards alleged supply of water by the respondents 1 and 2 and the purported settlement said to have been agreed to by the petitioner. The petitioner is an unaided school wherein admittedly, a water connection was taken in the year 1994. It is the specific contention of the petitioner that in the year 1994- 1995 itself, due to the supply of the water having been disrupted for want of proper supply channels being laid, the supply was discontinued and the meter installed in the premises had also become in-operable. The petitioner, hence, dug a well within its premises and was taking water from the said well. The petitioner hence would assert that no water had been supplied to the petitioner by the respondent-Water Authority. The petitioner neither was issued with any bills nor was any meter reading taken, with respect to the consumption at W.P(C) No.9931/2012 ::2::

any time.

2. The petitioner, in the year 2006, was confronted with a disconnection advice, as evidenced by Ext.P1, wherein an amount of Rs.6,73,680/- was demanded. Ext.P1-disconnection advice nor the subsequent demand raised as per Ext.P