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"The Senior Executive Engineer /Enforcement-cum- EAMMTS, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, Patiala has mentioned in his report No. 16/4016 that the work of repair of

3 of 6 Neutral Citation No:=2024:PHHC:116182 generator was going on in the Ahata and supply is given to MU Consumer Products from the above said factor by laying one 4 Core cable, where the work of making soap was going on. As per the instructions of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, the Senior Executive Engineer/Enforcement-cum- EAMMTS, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, Patiala has directed to intimate by doing the proceedings under UUE.

2. As per above said checking, under UUE Case, the Additional Superintending Engineer/ Operation Division, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, Rajpura has issued provisional order of assessment to the appellant vide memo No. 1282 dated 29.02.2024 to deposit the UUE amount of Rs. 273963/-.

3. The appellant has filed objection vide diary No. 1405 dated 07.03.2024 against the Provisional order of assessment. The AEE commercial Sub Division, Rajpura vide memo No. 859 dated 11.03.2024 has intimated the appellant to be appear on 12.03.2024 in the office of Additional Superintending Engineer, Operation Division, P.S.P.C.L., Rajpura. On 12.03.2024 the son of the appellant attended the meeting and since the counsel for the appellant was not available, therefore he made request to adjourn the case and the further opportunity is givenfor 19.03.2024 and on said date Bhavuk Jalan and his counsel appeared and the appellant has presented the copy of Rent agreement made with MU Consumer Products, as per which, the starting of agreement is mentioned as 01.10.2022 to 30.09.2023. Apart from Bhavuk Jain son of appellant has prestned on E-stamp INPB3955805910448524 dated 13.09.2023, in which the second page was of undertaking given by Shubham Makkar (Authorized representative of MU Consumer Products), as per which the agreement was started from 01.10.2022 but the work was started from 05.01.2024.

4. The above said lease agreement was applicable from 01.10.2022, as per which, the Additional Superintending Engineer, Operation Division, P.S.P.C.L., Rajpura has admitted the UUE from 01.10.2022 and issued final order of assessment Rs. 3,60,347/- vide memo No. 1865 dated 28.03.2024. D) Order/Decision:-

In the above said case, the petition filed by the appellant and the documents/reply filed by the concerned officers of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited have been examined carefully. As per the record submitted by the concerned officers of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, the checking officer/Enforcement Team had done the checking of Ahata of appellant on 28.02.2024 vide checking No. 16/4016. The consumer has installed private sub-meter and was supplying the electricity from his LS connection to second tenant MU Consumer Product in separate premises by laying a 4 Core Cable, which is not authorized under Distribution license and a boundary wall is constructed between both firms i.e. MU Consumer Product C6/A, Focal Point, Rajpura and M/s Start Polypacks Industrial, C6/B, Focal Point, Rajpura and the work of making soap is being done in the MU Consumer Product and M/s Guru Engg. Works Tenant of M/s Start Polypacks Industrial is doing the work of generator repair from last many years, due to which, Additional Superintending Engineer, Operation Division, P.S.P.C.L., Rajpura has made the case of UUE.
5 of 6 Neutral Citation No:=2024:PHHC:116182 While considering all the above said facts, it has found that this case is of UUE (unauthorized Use of Electricity) under Section 126 of the Electricity Act, 2003. Therefore the appeal of the appellant is hereby dismissed."
6. He also refers to Section 126 of the Electricity Act, 2003 as per which if the electricity is being supplied to premises other than the premises for which the electricity connection was released, the same would fall within the definition of Unauthorized Use of Electricity.