TAMIL NADU ELECTRICITY BOARD, REP BY ITS SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER; JUNIOR ENGINEER (DISTRIBUTION) AND ASSISTANT ACCOUNTS OFFICER Vs. P N KUMARAPANDIAN AND ORS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This appeal has been directed against the decree and judgment in O.S. No. 75 of 1988 on the file of the Court of Subordinate Judge, Tenkasi. The unsuccessful defendants before the trial Court are the appellants herein.

(2.) The plaintiffs filed the suit for declaration that the demand of payment by the defendants towards surcharge in respect of belated payment of electricity consumption charges for the period from 1979 to 1982 is illegal and untenable, since the demand under Ex.A1 in the year 1988 is barred by limitation and also for consequential injunction.

(3.) The short facts of the plaint runs as follows: