LPA/597/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION 14 ptC/LPA/597/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/07/2026 2026:GUJHC:44612-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 597 of 2026 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION/2148/2017 ========================================================== VISANDAS SUKHRAMDAS VASIYANI Versus MANAGING DIRECTOR, AHMEDABAD ELECTRICITY CO. LTD. & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MR K R MISHRA(6312) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR KUNAN B NAIK(3210) for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA Date : 16/07/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA) 1. This appeal is by the workman. 2. The workman was appointed as a Substation Operator in the year 1971 and was promoted as an Estimator in the year 1982. His job function as an Estimator was to estimate the amounts to be collected for granting a new connection to the customers. 3. In one of such cases, an allegation surfaced that the workman, while forwarding an application of a customer, had fraudulently stated that the construction for which