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32. The Board had fixed the Grid Tariff for supply of electric energy at 11,000 volts, that is, for transforming the current from 66,000 to 11,000 volts. The Board imposed an additional charge of 7 1/2%, where the supply was demanded at a lower voltage and it allowed a rebate where the supply was demanded at a higher voltage. The petitioner was supplied electric energy at 6,600 volts. The imposition of this extra charge of 7 1/2% is challenged on two grounds: firstly, that the petitioner is a licensee governed by the Second Schedule, and under Clause V thereof, the Board has to bear the whole of the cost of the service apparatus required for making the supply available to the licensee and secondly, that cost of transformation from 66,000 to 6,600 volts is less than the cost of transformation of 66,000 to 11000 volts and hence no additional charges could be imposed under the proviso to Sub-section (2) of Section 46. The petitioner has, in support of its contention, filed letters of big manufacturing concerns. Its contention appears to have substance, but because the matter shall have to go back to the Board for reconsideration, it is not necessary for us to express any final opinion, though it does appear that the cost of transforming electric energy to 6,600 volts is less than transforming it to 11,000 volts.