Provisions as to laying down of further distributing mains

Provisions as to laying down of further distributing mains.-- (1) Where, after the expiration of two years and six months from the commencement of the licence, a requisition is made by six or more owners or occupiers of premises in or upon any street or part of a street within the area of supply or by the Government or a local authority charged with the public lighting thereof, requiring the licensee to provide distributing mains throughout such street or part thereof, the licensee shall comply within six months with the requisition, unless,- (a) where it is made by such owners or occupiers as aforesaid, the owners or occupiers making it do not, within fourteen clear days after the service on them by the licensee of a notice in writing in this behalf, tender to the licensee a written contract duly executed and with sufficient security binding themselves to take, or guaranteeing that there shall be taken, a supply of energy for not less than two years to such amount as will in the aggregate produce annually, at the current rates charged by the licensee, a reasonable return to the licensee, ; or (b) where it is made by the Government or a local authority, the Government or local authority, as the case may be, does not, within the like period, tender a like contract binding itself to take a supply of energy, for not less than seven years for the public lamps in such street or part thereof. (2) Where any difference or dispute arises between the licensee and such owners or occupiers as to the sufficiency of the security offered under this clause, or as to the amount of energy to be taken or guaranteed as aforesaid, the matter shall be referred to the Government and either decided by it on if it so directs, determined by arbitration. (3) Every requisition under this clause shall be signed by the maker or makers thereof and shall be served on the licensee. (4) Every requisition under this clause shall be in a form to be prescribed by rules under the Jammu and Kashmir Electricity Act ; and copies of the form shall be kept at the office of the licensee and supplied free of charge to any applicant.