Kriti Scanning Centre Pvt. Ltd v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 37411 of 2023 Petitioner :- Kriti Scanning Centre Pvt. Ltd. Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vipul Dube,Hanuman Prasad Dube Counsel for Respondent :- CSC,Narendra Kumar Tiwari Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Shekhar B. Saraf,J.

¶1Instructions filed today be kept on record.

¶2This writ petition has been filed for quashing the Electricity Bill dated 08.03.2018 insofar as it relates to the additional assessment amount of Rs.20,96,311.32/- along with the surcharge. The writ petitioner has also challenged the order dated 21.12.2020 passed by the respondent no. 3 i.e. Executive Engineer, Electricity Urban Division, Tagore Town, Prayagraj.

¶3From the record, we find that petitioner had approached the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum by way of Complaint Case No. 295 of 2019, which was rejected on 27.01.2021 and when the petitioner sought the recall of the order dated 27.01.2021, the recall application was allowed and the order dated 27.01.2021 was affirmed on 12.11.2021. Thereafter, the petitioner approached Ombudsman against the order dated 12.11.2021 and the representation was allowed on 27.04.2022 and the matter was remanded to Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum.

¶4This writ petition was filed as the petitioner was given the idea that the Forum was not working. On 28.11.2023 we had directed Sri Narendra Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for the Electricity Department to take instructions in the matter. It has been informed by Sri Rakesh Kumar Mishra, Advocate holding brief of Sri Narendra Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for the Electricity Department that the Forum was made operational by a notification dated 14.06.2023 and that it is performing its functions routinely.

¶5Under such circumstances, no further order is required to be passed in this writ petition. The petitioner shall pursue his matter before the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum. The Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum shall make an endeavour to decide the Compliant Case No. 295 of 2019 preferably within a period of three months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. If petitioner moves any application for interim relief, the same shall be disposed of within a period of one week from the date of the filing of the same.

¶6With the aforesaid observations, the instant writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 29.11.2023 Aditya (Shekhar B. Saraf, J.) (Siddhartha Varma, J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad