The petitioner impugns Exhibit P7 order of the Kerala State

Electricity Appellate Authority, as per which, the proceedings of the

competent authority of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to

assess the petitioner for unauthorised use of electricity has been

upheld. The petitioner also impugns Exhibit P8 consequential bill and

contends that the amounts shown there in are not payable by him.

2. Going by the pleadings on record, the petitioner's assertion is

that he is enjoying an electric connection under the subsidy provided by

the Government of Kerala for agricultural purposes but that the Anti

Power Theft Squad (APTS) of the KSEB allegedly found on 12.06.2015

that he was using this electric connection for the purpose of pumping

water to a nearby property owned by his son, where a residential

construction was being made. On such basis, an assessment was made

against the petitioner and he alleges that certain facts have been

allegedly taken for granted by the authorities without any proof, in

assuming that he had violated the subsidy granted and contends that

the conclusions against him have been arrived at without affording him

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