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Licensee, a person to whom a licence has been granted.

Clause (h) of s. 2 of the Electricity Act, 1910 defines a 'Licensee' to mean any person licensed under Part II to supply energy, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Hindustan Aluminium Corpn., AIR 1979 SC 1459: (1979) 3 SCR 709: (1979) 3 SCC 229. Electricity Act, 1910, s. 2 (A).

A licensee is one who is in occupation under a subsisting agreement for licence. The agreement for licence must be subsisting on the date on which he claims to be a licensee, Ludhichem Agencies v. Ahmed R. V. Peer Mohamed, AIR 1981 SC 1998: (1982) 1 SCR 712: (1981) 4 SCC 273.

It means a person licensed under Part II of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 to supply energy or a person who has obtained sanction under section 28 of that Act to engage in the business of supplying energy (but does not include the Board or a Generating company). [Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998 (14 of 1998), s. 2 (l)]

Means any person licensed under sub-s. (1) of s. 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) for providing specified public telecommunication services. [Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997), s. 2(1) (e)]