Viresh Kumar v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 34604 of 2023 Petitioner :- Viresh Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sourabh Pathak,Rateesh Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Alok Mishra Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Manoj Bajaj,J. Learned counsel for the petitioner has challenged the demand notice dated 1st July, 2022. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that without any inspection, show cause notice or any bill, the impugned demand notice has been sent. However, learned counsel for the Electricity Department has stated that the petitioner has been billed for using various electricity gazettes ever since 19.12.1998 and that now as per the electricity bill Rs.5,33,883/- were payable. Learned counsel for the Electricity Department has handed over certain instructions. A copy of the instruction be also handed over to the learned counsel for the petitioner. If the petitioner is aggrieved by the electricity bills, he may approach the Executive Engineer under Clause 6.5 of the Electricity Code and if the petitioner approaches the Executive Engineer by means of an application as is provided under Clause

6.5 of the Electricity Code, then within a period of two months, bills would be looked into and an appropriate order would be passed. With these observations, this writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 7.11.2023 Raj High Court of Judicature at Allahabad