Narayan Singh v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 42489 of 2023 Petitioner :- Narayan Singh Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Adesh Kumar Dixit,Sudesh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Alok Mishra Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.

¶1The respondents were demanding Rs. 4,46,396/- from the petitioner as charges for the theft of the electricity.

¶2Learned counsel for the petitioner states that he is ready and willing to deposit the entire dues in easy instalments. If that is the case, the petitioner may move an application under Clause 6.14 of the U.P. Electricity Supply Code before the authority concerned. If the petitioner applies under the aforesaid clause 6.14 of the U.P. Electricity Supply Code within a period of 15 days from today, the same shall be decided by the authority concerned within the next 15 days.

¶3If the petitioner is so advised he may also apply under the OTS scheme as has been floated by the Government vide Government Order dated 04.11.2023.

¶4With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of.

¶5The order has been passed in presence of Sri Alok Mishra, learned counsel for the Electricity Department. Order Date :- 8.12.2023 Prajapati (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J) (Siddhartha Varma,J) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad