Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:18366-DB Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 33586 of 2024 Petitioner :- Babita Sharma Respondent :- Dakshiranchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Deepak Kumar Jaiswal Counsel for Respondent :- Baleshwar Chaturvedi,C.S.C. Hon'ble Shekhar B. Saraf,J. Hon'ble Vipin Chandra Dixit,J. 1. Heard counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India wherein the writ petitioner is aggrieved by the orders dated August 31, 2024, January 9, 2024 and April 23, 2024 passed by the Executive Engineer/respondent No.2 herein. 3. Counsel on behalf of the respondents submits that the Executive Engineer does not have the power to decide the complaint/appeal filed by the petitioner and the same is required to be filed before the Sub Divisional /Divisional/Circle/Zonal Level Forum/Superintending Engineer at the Circle Level (authorised for the time being). He relies on Clause 3.13 of the U.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission (Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum) Regulations, 2022. 4. In light of the above submission of the counsel on behalf of the respondents, the Sub Divisional /Divisional/Circle/Zonal Level Forum/Superintending Engineer at the Circle Level (authorised for the time being) is directed to treat the present writ petition as the complaint/appeal of the petitioner and decide the same after granting an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner within a period of eight weeks from date by means of a reasoned order. Till the complaint/appeal of the petitioner is decided, no coercive steps should be taken against the petitioner. 5. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 7.2.2025 Rakesh (Vipin Chandra Dixit, J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf, J.) Digitally signed by :- RAKESH MEHTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad