High Court of KeralaWP(C)/18092/2015disposed of

Habeebulla A. v. Kseb Ltd.

2015-06-17Honourable Mr.Justice V.Chitambaresh4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.CHITAMBARESH WEDNESDAY, THE 17TH DAY OF JUNE 2015/27TH JYAISHTA, 1937 WP(C).No. 18092 of 2015 (J) ---------------------------- PETITIONER(S) :

-------------------------- HABEEBULLA A.

S/o LATE C.M.MAULAVI, SHAFI COTTAGE, PIPE LINE ROAD, KAVADIYAR.P.O.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM BY ADVS.SRI.P.P.THAJUDEEN SMT.P.B.WAHIDA SMT.C.SEENA RESPONDENT(S):

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1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LTD.

REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR VAIDYUTHI BHAVAN, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM PIN : 691 007

2. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LTD ELECTRICAL DIVISION, ALAPPUZHA PIN : 688 007

3. ASSISTANT ENGINEER KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LTD ELECTRICAL DIVISION, ALAPPUZHA PIN : 688 007 BY SRI.SAJEEVKUMAR K.GOPAL,SC,KSEB THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17-06-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: VS

WP(C).No. 18092 of 2015 (J) --------------------------------------- APPENDIX PETITIONER(S)' EXHIBITS :

--------------------------------------- EXT.P1 :

TRUE PHOTOCOPY OF THE SALE DEED NO.2644/13 DATED 28.06.2013 EXECUTED IN FAVOUR OF PETITIONER EXT.P2 :

TRUE PHOTOCOPY OF THE DEMAND NOTICE DATED 16.05.2014 ISSUED BY THE THIRD RESPONDENT.

EXT.P3 :

TRUE PHOTOCOPY OF THE MAHAZAR DATED 23.08.2013 EXT.P4 :

TRUE PHOTOCOPY OF THE OBJECTION DATED 25.5.2014 EXT.P5 :

TRUE PHOTOCOPY OF JUDGMENT OF THIS HONOURABLE COURT IN W.P.(C)NO.35475/2014 DATED 08.01.2015 EXT.P6 :

TRUE PHOTOCOPY OF ORDER DATED 27.01.2015 ISSUED BY R3.

EXT.P7 :

TRUE COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION DATED 29.04.2015 ISSUED BY THE SECOND RESPONDENT.

EXT.P8 :

TRUE COPY OF THE BILL DATED 13.01.2009.

RESPONDENT(S)' EXHIBITS :

NIL ----------------------------------------- /TRUE COPY/ PA TO JUDGE VS

V.CHITHAMBARESH, J ----------------------------------------------- W.P.(C).No.18092 of 2015 ----------------------------------------------- Dated this the 17th day of June, 2015

JUDGMENT

The charges levied for temporary extension on daily rental basis cannot be adopted for imposing penalty when unauthorised extension is detected. It has been so held in Jomy Thomas Manjooran v. Kerala State Electricity Board [2013 (1) KLT 595] following JDT Islam Orphanage Committee v. Assistant Engineer, KSEB [2007 (3) KLT 388]. Ext.P6 order imposing penalty militates against the dictum laid down in the cases afforequoted and is accordingly quashed.

2. The third respondent is directed to re-consider the issue with notice to the petitioner and decide the tariff rate applicable at the relevant time. Final order shall be passed within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment.

3. The petitioner is of course free to urge all available contentions at the time of hearing.

W.P.(C).No.18092 of 2015 The Writ Petition is disposed of.

V.CHITHAMBARESH, JUDGE vs