Mohd. Shahid v. Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. and 2 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 33898 of 2023 Petitioner :- Mohd. Shahid Respondent :- Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mohd Irteqa Counsel for Respondent :- Narendra Kumar Tiwari Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Manoj Bajaj,J. Instructions filed today be kept on record. This writ petition has been filed against the demand notice dated

17.7.2023 as well as the recovery certificate dated 11.7.2023, which was issued prior to the demand notice dated 17.7.2023. Learned counsel appearing for Electricity Department however has submitted that the writ petition has been rendered infructuous now that the demand notice dated 17.7.2023 had been withdrawn and furthermore by the notice dated 30.9.2023, the petitioner had been given an opportunity to approach the respondents for submitting his reply. Learned counsel for petitioner states that notice dated 30.9.2023 had not been received by the petitioner. Under such circumstances, we provide that notice dated 30.9.2023 be provided to the counsel for the petitioner in the Court itself and now the petitioner may appear before the Executive Engineer/ Prescribed Authority, Electricity Urban Distribution Division, Kareilabag, Allahabad on 21.11.2023 for the submission of the reply. The respondents after considering the reply and after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner shall pass orders within a period of two months thereafter. For a period of two months or till the final order is passed, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 6.11.2023 P.S.Parihar High Court of Judicature at Allahabad