Mohd. Talib v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Energy Civil Secrt. Lko. and Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9960 of 2023 Petitioner :- Mohd. Talib Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Energy Civil Secrt. Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Farooq Ayoob,Jameel Ahmad Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Manish Jauhari Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Heard Mohd. Ashraf, holding brief of Sri Farooq Ayoob, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State and Sri Manish Jauhari, learned counsel for the Power Corporation. Petitioner has approached this Court challenging the demand notice raised by the Electricity Department against him. Mr. Manish Jauhari, counsel for the Power Corporation states that the demand notice is in fact a provisional assessment which has been corrected by passing a final order and as per the final assessment order, the demand made against the petitioner is Rs. 74,204/-. Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is ready to deposit part of the said amount and his electricity connection may be re-connected as Diwali Festival is ensuing. Mr. Manish Jauhari fairly accepts request of counsel for the petitioner. In view thereof, petitioner is directed to deposit half of the said amount. As soon as half of the amount in the final assessment order i.e. Rs. 74,204/- is made by the petitioner, his electricity connection shall be restored forthwith. Remaining amount shall be paid by the petitioner within a period of six weeks thereafter. Writ petition stands disposed of. (Manish Kumar, J.) (Vivek Chaudhary, J.) Order Date :- 9.11.2023 Nitesh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench