Appeal by Special Leave from the Judgment and Order dated 24 3 1975 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Appeal No.
The amounts claimed were shewn in the books of the Councils electricity undertaking on the date of its acquisition as due to it from direct companysumers of electric ity to whom it used to sell electricity supplied to it in bulk.
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3,34,443.77 as arrears of electricity charges said to be due from the Vijayawada Municipal Council in respect of amounts which were shown in its books as payable to it by companysumers of electricity.
by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
K. Sen, K.R. Chaudhary, Miss Nihar Saha and Mrs. Veena Devi Khanna, for the ReSpondent.
The plaintiffs claim flowed from the terms of the Andhra Pradesh Andhra Area Electricity Supply Undertaking Acquisition Act 15 of 1954 hereinafter refered to as the Act , the provisions of which were applied to the electric ity undertaking of the appellant Municipal Council with effect from 22nd December, 1961,.
155 of 1971.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by BEG, J. This is a defendants appeal by special leave against the judgment of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh decreeing, with companyts, the claim of the plaintiffs respond ents, the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board and the Andhra Pradesh State Government for Rs.
V. Subrahmanyam and A. Subba Rao, for the Appellant.
The rights of the State were transferred to the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Board the companyplaintiff re spondent.
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