High Court of Gujarat
ADINATH SALT LLPversusPASHCHIM GUJARAT VIJ COMPANY LIMITED
- Decided
- Disposal
- 35-ANY OTHER MODE @ ADM.STAGE
- Bench
- NIRZAR S DESAI
Holding
The petition is disposed of without prejudice as the petitioner has not pressed the petition, and the court has not decided the merits.
Summary
Adinath Salt LLP filed a special civil application seeking a court direction for Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd to provide or restore an electricity connection to its property. The company contended it could not supply the connection because the petitioner had refused to pay the required security deposit and other transfer charges. The petitioner later indicated willingness to pay the requisite amounts. The company’s representative assured that upon receipt of a fresh application and payment, the connection would be processed expeditiously. The petitioner, through counsel, chose not to press the petition further, seeking liberty to file a fresh petition if needed. The court granted this permission, disposed of the petition without addressing the merits, and clarified that no substantive order on the connection was made.
Issues considered
- Whether the court should direct the respondent to provide/restore the electricity connection to the petitioner's property.
- Whether the petitioner's willingness to pay the security deposit and charges obliges the respondent to process the connection.
Subjects
- electricity connection
- service transfer
- security deposit
- special civil application
- petition withdrawn
- court order
Judgment
C/SCA/8812/2026 ORDER DATED: 31/07/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 8812 of 2026
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ADINATH SALT LLP
Versus
PASHCHIM GUJARAT VIJ COMPANY LIMITED & ANR.
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Appearance:
MR. SAUBHAGYA M DUBEY(17061) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1
MR PREMAL R JOSHI(1327) for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRZAR S. DESAI
Date : 31/07/2026
ORDER
Registry to accept the V.P. of learned advocate Mr.
Kirtidev Dave for respondent No. 2.
1. Heard learned advocate Mr. Saubhagya Dubey for the
petitioner, learned advocate Mr. Premal Joshi for respondent
No. 1 – Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited, and learned
advocate Mr. Kirtidev Dave for respondent No. 2.
2. By way of the present petition, the petitioner has prayed
for a direction to respondent No. 1 to provide/restore the
electricity connection in respect of the petitioner's property.
3. Learned advocate Mr. Premal Joshi, appearing for
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C/SCA/8812/2026 ORDER DATED: 31/07/2026
respondent No. 1 Company, submits that the electricity
connection could not be provided to the petitioner as the
petitioner was not willing to pay the security deposit and other
charges required for transfer of the electricity connection in the
petitioner's name.
4. Today, learned advocate Mr. Dubey, upon instructions,
states that the petitioner is now ready and willing to pay the
requisite security deposit and all other applicable charges to
respondent No. 1 Company for transfer of the electricity
connection in the petitioner's name.
5. In view thereof, learned advocate Mr. Premal Joshi, upon
instructions received from Mr. S. K. Khunt, Executive Engineer,
PGVCL, Gandhidham, who is present before the Court and
identified by learned advocate Mr. Joshi, states that as and
when the petitioner submits a fresh application for transfer of
the electricity connection in his name and pays the requisite
security deposit and other applicable charges, respondent No. 1
shall process the application and transfer the electricity
connection in the petitioner's name as expeditiously as possible.
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6. In view of the aforesaid statement made by learned
advocate Mr. Premal Joshi upon instructions, learned advocate
Mr. Dubey, upon instructions, does not press the present
petition at this stage, with liberty to file a fresh petition, if
any difficulty arises.
Permission as prayed for is granted. Accordingly, the
present petition stands disposed of as not pressed.
It is clarified that this Court has not entered into the
merits of the matter.
(NIRZAR S. DESAI,J)
BHAVIN MEHTA
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: BHAVINKUMAR DEVENDRABHAI MEHTA(HCW0108), ENGLISH STENOGRAPHER GRADE ONE, at High Court of Gujarat on 31/07/2026 16:19:20
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