M/S. Ahstavinayak Realty through Partner Rajendra Dagadu Gaikwad v. Official Liquidator of M/S. Patheja Brothers Forging and Stamping Ltd. and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
As is where is auction purchase; bid document Exhibit-B; electricity dues of company in liquidation; MSEDCL HT power supply connection; NOC; Official Liquidator claim; refund/adjustment of dues; K. C. Ninan v. Kerala State Electricity Board (2023) 14 SCC 431; Article 226 mandamus; four-week deposit of dues; eight-week application to Official Liquidator; Patheja Brothers Forging and Stamping Ltd.; Ashtavinayak Realty; Japtech Aluminium Pvt. Ltd.; contentions kept open; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed on structured terms rather than by granting the prayed-for mandamus: petitioner and/or its nominee M/s. Japtech Aluminium Pvt. Ltd. to deposit the outstanding electricity charges of the company in liquidation with MSEDCL within four weeks, upon which MSEDCL shall grant the petitioner an electricity connection; MSEDCL may apply to the Official Liquidator within eight weeks, to be decided on merits and in accordance with law; NOC to be issued once the dues are cleared; all contentions kept open; no costs.