Dharam Pal v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Energy Lko. U.P. and Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 10173 of 2023 Petitioner :- Dharam Pal Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Energy Lko. U.P. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sandeep Kumar Pal,Desh Deepak Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Amit Kumar Dwivedi Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J.

¶1Counter affidavit filed by learned counsel for respondent no.2 & 4 today and the same is taken on record.

¶2Heard Sri Sandeep Kumar Pal, learned counsel for petitioner, Sri Amarjeet Singh Rakhra, learned counsel assisted by Sri Amit Kumar Dwivedi, learned counsel for respondent no.2 & 4 and learned Standing Counsel for State.

¶3For removing distribution wires hanging over the house of petitioner respondents have raised bill which is extraordinarily exorbitant.

¶4Sri Amarjeet Singh Rakhra, learned counsel for respondent corporation makes a statement that the provisional estimate has been revisited and the amount can be reduced to Rs.55,000/-.

¶5Looking into the facts and exceptional circumstances with regard to financial status of the petitioner, this Court permits that the over hanging wires be removed on deposit of Rs.50,000/- by petitioner before respondent no.4 Executive Engineer, Vidyut Vitran Khand, Sesa-3, Lesa Sis, Gomti, Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam, Lucknow. The amount will be deposited within one week from today and the wires will also be removed within three weeks thereafter.

¶6It is made clear that this case shall not be treated as precedent to any other case.

¶7The writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 22.11.2023/Arti- [Manish Kumar,J.] [Vivek Chaudhary,J.] High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench