Sabit Ali v. Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd and 3 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 37325 of 2023 Petitioner :- Sabit Ali Respondent :- Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rishabh Shukla,Ram Naresh Shukla,Ram Pratap Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Narendra Kumar Tiwari Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Manoj Bajaj,J.

¶1Instructions filed today be kept on record.

¶2Learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that the connection of the petitioner is of the rural area and that the petitioner had hardly consumed any electricity.

¶3Sri Narendra Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel appearing for the Electricity Department has passed on a communication dated

30.10.2023, of the Executive Engineer showing that the petitioner was having a connection of 2 kw and the meter number was 26170272 and the service connection number was 8895609000 and that the meter reading as on the date when the recovery was issued was 62906 kwh.

¶4Under such circumstances, we consider it to be a case where the petitioner is disputing the electricity bill. If therefore the petitioner is aggrieved by the recovery, he may approach the Executive Engineer under Clause 6.5 of the Electricity Code. If the petitioner approaches the Executive Engineer within the next fifteen days from today then the grievance of the petitioner would be addressed within a period of two months thereafter.

¶5For a period of three months or till the decision is taken on the petitioner's representation, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner.

¶6The instant writ petition is accordingly, disposed of. Order Date :- 17.11.2023 M.S. Ansari (Manoj Bajaj, J.) (Siddhartha Varma, J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad