{"id":185119,"date":"2009-10-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sobha-i-t-c-vs-state-of-kerala-on-20-october-2009"},"modified":"2017-01-11T06:28:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T00:58:09","slug":"sobha-i-t-c-vs-state-of-kerala-on-20-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sobha-i-t-c-vs-state-of-kerala-on-20-october-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sobha I.T.C. vs State Of Kerala on 20 October, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sobha I.T.C. vs State Of Kerala on 20 October, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA.No. 2289 of 2009()\n\n\n1. SOBHA I.T.C., REPRESENTED BY THE\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION\n\n3. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD,\n\n4. THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.WILSON URMESE\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.R.RAMAN\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON\n\n Dated :20\/10\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                                     P.R. RAMAN &amp;\n                   P.R. RAMACHANDRA MENON, JJ.\n                ..............................................................\n                              W.A.No. 2289 OF 2009\n               .........................................................................\n                  Dated this the 20thday of October, 2009\n\n\n                                    J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>P.R. Raman J:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    This appeal is filed against the common judgment dated 06.04.2009,<\/p>\n<p>in W.P.(C) No. 27143 of 2008. The matter pertains to classification of<\/p>\n<p>educational institutions under LT VII A commercial tariff. This Court has<\/p>\n<p>disposed of the connected cases, as per common judgment dated<\/p>\n<p>17.08.2009, in W.A.No. 1064 of 2009 and connected cases, in the following<\/p>\n<p>lines:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                   &#8220;xx       xx        xx        xx         xx       xx        xx<\/p>\n<p>                   22. For the various reasons stated as above, we<\/p>\n<p>           declare that inclusion of Self Financing Educational<\/p>\n<p>           Institutions under LT VII (A) as a commercial consumer<\/p>\n<p>           is bad in law in so far as such differentiation is not for<\/p>\n<p>           any of the grounds specified under Section 62(3) of the<\/p>\n<p>           Act. Accordingly, we allow all the Writ Appeals and the<\/p>\n<p>           Writ Petitions. They will be treated like falling under<\/p>\n<p>           Tariff VI until any new notification is issued in<\/p>\n<p>           accordance with law&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>W.A. No. 2289 of 2009<\/p>\n<p>                                  &#8211; 2 &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p>           In the light of the above judgment, extending the benefit of<\/p>\n<p>the judgment in W.A.No. 1064 of 2009 and connected cases to the<\/p>\n<p>appellant herein, who is similarly placed, this Writ Appeal is disposed<\/p>\n<p>of.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                           P.R. RAMAN,<br \/>\n                                              JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>                                     P.R. RAMACHANDRA MENON,<br \/>\n                                              JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>dnc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Sobha I.T.C. vs State Of Kerala on 20 October, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WA.No. 2289 of 2009() 1. SOBHA I.T.C., REPRESENTED BY THE &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION 3. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, 4. 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