LAW FOR ALL

whether a Company, which purchased the property of another Company under liquidation through auction, is liable to pay the arrears of electricity dues outstanding against the erstwhile Company.= specific factual details regarding the position of respondent No. 1 which purchased the said premises under court auction sale from the Official Liquidator on “as is where is” and “whatever there is” basis and in the light of the regulations quoted above, particularly, sub-clause 10(b) of Regulation 13, we hold that the request was not for the transfer from the previous owner to the purchaser, on the other hand, it was a request for a fresh connection for the Unit of respondent No. 1 herein. We are in entire agreement with the decision arrived at by learned single Judge as affirmed by the Division Bench of the High Court. 21) In view of the above, we find no merit in the appeal, consequently, the same is dismissed.