PUNJAB STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LTD Vs. ZORA SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted in SLPs.

(2.) Punjab State Electricity Board (for short 'the Board') is a statutory authority created in terms of Section 5 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 inter alia for the purpose of rationalization of the production and supply of electricity to the consumers. Supply and distribution of electricity indisputably are public utility services. The respondents herein are agriculturists.

(3.) Section 22 of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 imposes a statutory obligation on the licensee to supply the electrical energy in the following term :