Vijay Shankar Yadav v. District Magistrate and 2 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 39730 of 2023 Petitioner :- Vijay Shankar Yadav Respondent :- District Magistrate And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Kamla Kant Mishra,Varun Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Narendra Kumar Tiwari Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.

¶1By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner has challenged a recovery certificate. In paragraph 14, however it has been stated that the billing which was being done vis-a-vis petitioner's electricity connection was not being done properly.

¶2Sri Rakesh Kumar Mishra, Advocate holding brief of Sri Narendra Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for the Electricity Department states that if the petitioner is aggrieved by the billing, he may approach the concerned Executive Engineer under Clause

6.5 of the Electricity Supply Code, 2005. He submits that if an application is filed, the same shall be considered in accordance with law.

¶3Under such circumstances, we provide that if the petitioner files an application under Clause 6.5 of the Electricity Supply Code, 2005 within 15 days, the same shall be considered in accordance with law, within a period of three months. For a period of three months or till the application is decided whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall been taken against the petitioner.

¶4With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 7.12.2023 Arif High Court of Judicature at Allahabad