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Shorf tiJle, exient and comniencem~nt.-(1) This Act may be called the Madhya Pradesh Government Electrical Undertakings (Dues Recovery) Act, 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Madhya Pradesh. (3)}t shall come into force at once. •2. DerllliJiorls.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- (aj "Board" means the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board, constituted under section 5 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 Central Act No. 54 of 1948; ib) "dues" means any sum payable to Government electrical undertaking on account of- '[(i) Consumption of electrical energy supplied, minimum charges, minimum guarantee, special minimum g~arantee and surcharge under an agreement or otherwise]; or (ii) any remunerati~n, rent or other charges for hire, inspection, test, installation, connection, repair, maintenance or removal of any electric meter, electric machinery, control gear, fittings, wires, or apparatus for lighting, heating, cooling, or motive power or for any other pUTJX>se for which electricity can or may be used, or any industrial or agricultural machinery operated by electricity; or (iii) price of any such goods as aforesaid taken on loan but not returned; (c) "debtor" means a person by whom any dues are payable; (d) "Government electrical undertakipg" means an electrical undertaking run or controlled either by the State Government or by the Board; and Ie) "prescribed authority" means any person authorised, whether by virtue of office or otherwise, by the State Government, by notification, to perform the functions ofthe prescribed authority under this Act in and for such area, as may be specified in the notification. COMMENTS Meaning words "dues" and Government Electrical undertaking"- The question is whether the Board C3l' be held to be Government electrical undertaking as defined by section 2(d) of the Act. The 1rgument advanced on behalf of the appellant is two fold, in the first place it is (Xlntended that the Board is not an undertaking arid secondly it is urged that it is