Prema Yadav v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. of Energy Lko. and 2 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9764 of 2023 Petitioner :- Prema Yadav Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Energy Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Utkarsh Kumar,Surjeet Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Amit Kumar Dwivedi Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State authorities. Learned counsel for the respondent-department states that the petitioner has an alternative remedy to place the dispute in regard to the correctness of the electricity bill under the provisions of clause 6.5 of the Electricity Code, 2005 before the Executive Engineer concerned . In the given circumstances, it is provided that if the petitioner raises such a dispute before the Executive Engineer concerned within 10 days from today, the Executive Engineer concerned shall decide the same by a reasoned and speaking order within two weeks. Any further action against the petitioner shall be subject to the final order passed by the Executive Engineer. In case, the petitioner does not file objection within the aforesaid period of 10 days, the petitioner shall not be entitled for the benefit of this order. With the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of. (Manish Kumar,J) (Vivek Chaudhary,J) Order Date :- 7.11.2023 Ashish High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench