providing for the payment of minimum charges of Rs.10/- per KVA would apply both in relation to the period when the service was alive, when there was “nil” consumption and when it was under disconnection. The learned counsel would further submit that the earlier direction was issued in W.P.No.4206 of 1991, makes it clear that the authority was directed to issue a fresh notice of demand calculating the liability of the petitioner with respect to the minimum charges or Nil consumption or for the disconnected period as per the rates that existed prior to 01.02.1989. However, without considering the directions issued by this Court, the respondent has mechanically arrived at a wrong calculation that the petitioner has to pay a sum of Rs.1,27,573/- to the respondent board, at the rate of Rs.55/per KVA and 75 paise per unit as per G.O.Ms.3042 dated 23.12.1986, which is an unsustainable one. The electricity board has not applied its mind to while calculating the amount, as the petitioner has already paid a sum of Rs.2,14,848/- to the electricity board. Therefore, the present writ petition is filed to quash the impugned order.
