SHRI ILIYAS MANGROO SHAIKH vs BOMBAY ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT UNDERTAKING AND ORS

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wp-8545-2015-Final.doc Shabnoor IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.8545 OF 2015 Illiyas Mangroo Shaikh, Age 43 years, Occupation Business, SHABNOOR carrying business at Kasam Compound, AYUB PATHAN Main Road, Dharavi, Mumbai 400 017 Digitally signed by SHABNOOR AYUB PATHAN SC No.410995-X-X Date: 2025.12.11 17:49:47 +0530 Category of Service LT II b … Petitioner V/s. 1. Bombay Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking, having its office at BEST Bhavan, BEST Marg, Colaba, Mumbai 400 001 2. Chief Vigilance Officer, Bombay Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking, Third Floor, New multi-storey Building, BEST Marg, Colaba, Mumbai 400 001 3. Assessing Officer, Bombay Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking, Seventh Floor, New multi-storey Building, BEST Marg, Colaba, Mumbai 400 001 4. The Superintendent Engineer, The Appellate Authority under Section127 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2002, at 3rd Floor, PWD Building, Mumbai … Respondents 1 wp-8545-2015-Final.doc Mr. Sachin B. Thorat with Mr. Dhananjay K. Bhosale, for the Petitioner. Mr. Harinder Toor with Ms. Shradha Nagaonkar, i/by Sagar Shetty, for the Respondents. CORAM : AMIT BORKAR, J. DATED : DECEMBER 11, 2025 JUDGMENT: 1. By this writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner challenges the judgment and order passed by the Appellate Authority under Section 127 of the Electricity Act, 2003. The Appellate Authority set aside the final assessment order passed by the Assessing Officer, which had held the petitioner guilty of unauthorised use of electricity on the allegation that the petitioner had bypassed the electricity meter installed at its premises. 2. The petitioner runs a unit for manufacturing plastic granules since 2006 a