LPA/424/2026

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NEUTRAL CITATION C/LPA/424/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 12/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:35351-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 424 of 2026 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION/1050/2025 ========================================================== NARANBHAI PRAGJIBHAI GOHIL Versus PASCHIM GUJARAT VIJ COMPANY LIMITED ========================================================== Appearance: MR V A ZALA(11441) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 NEEL B DAVE(9651) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR MITESH L RANGRAS(3324) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.N.RAY Date : 12/06/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL) 1. This is an intra-court appeal directed against the judgment and order dated 07.04.2026 passed by the learned Single Judge in dismissing the writ petition wherein challenge was to the supplementary bill dated 07.11.2024 issued in a case of theft of electricity and the consequential notice dated 12.11.2024 issued by the respondent no.1 namely Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited [PGVCL] calling upon the petitioner to pay or deposit the amount indicated in the supplementary bill dated 07.11.2024 towards the consumption Page 1 of 10 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 22:03:01 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/LPA/424/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 12/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:35351-DB of electricity as a result of theft detected on 07.11.2024 itself. 2. The only ground agitated in the writ petition by the petitioner is that no notice or opportunity of hearing was granted to the petitioner in the matter of assessment of the consumption of electricity as a result of alleged theft. 3. The submission is