M/S Chetram Kuteer Udypog Thru. Proprietor Chet Ram and Another v. Collector Lakhimpur Kheri and 3 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9293 of 2023 Petitioner :- M/S Chetram Kuteer Udypog Thru. Proprietor Chet Ram And Another Respondent :- Collector Lakhimpur Kheri And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dileep Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Aprajita Bansal Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for the State and Ms. Aprajita Bansal, learned counsel for the Power Corporation.

¶2Petitioners have approached this Court challenging the recovery citation dated 24.1.2023 and notice dated 25.7.2022. The said demand is with regard to electricity dues of the petitioners.

¶3Case of the petitioners is that in the year 2021, they moved an application for permanent disconnection of their electricity connection, however, they could not deposit the challan. Thus, the said application cannot be treated to be filed in accordance with law.

¶4Learned counsel for petitioners submits that petitioners would be filing their application for permanent disconnection in accordance with law with the required deposit, which may be directed to be decided expeditiously in accordance with law by the respondents.

¶5Ms. Aprajita Bansal has no objection to the same.

¶6In view thereof, petitioners are permitted to move a fresh application for permanent disconnection of their electricity connection along with required deposit in accordance with law within a period of two weeks from today before respondent no.4-Executive Engineer/Prescribed Authority, Madhyanchal Vidhyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Vidhyut Vitran Khand-Nighasan, District Lakhimpur Kheri and on receipt of such an application, the Executive Engineer concerned shall pass an appropriate order on the same for disconnection of election connection within a period of four weeks thereafter in accordance with law.

¶7With the aforesaid directions, present writ petition stands disposed of. [Manish Kumar,J.] [Vivek Chaudhary,J.] Order Date :- 19.10.2023 Sachin High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench