Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:33348-DB Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 37835 of 2024 Petitioner :- Mohd. Rafeek Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Amit Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pranjal Mehrotra Hon'ble Shekhar B. Saraf,J. Hon'ble Vipin Chandra Dixit,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. This is a writ petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India wherein the writ petitioner is seeking the following substantial relief: "i. issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no.2 i.e. Sub-Divisional Officer, Electricity Department, Vikram Enclave, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad to consider the grievance of petitioner by providing electricity meter and electricity connection in the shop of petitioner bearing Khasra No.1296, Shop No.2, Jawahar Park, Shahibabad, Ghaziabad. ii. issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no.2 take appropriate action on the application dated 30.07.2024 (Annexure no.4 to this writ petition) of the petitioner within stipulated period as fixed by this Hon'ble Court." 3. Perusal of the documents in the writ petition indicates that the petitioner is in possession of the property though a suit has been filed by the petitioner against the erstwhile vendor. 4. As the petitioner is in possession of the property and the said fact is admitted by the counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent No.2, the respondent No.2 is directed to grant electric connection to the petitioner upon statutory completion being fulfilled by the petitioner. The said connection should be granted to the petitioner within a period of six weeks from date. 5. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petiton is disposed of. Order Date :- 7.3.2025 Kuldeep (Vipin Chandra Dixit, J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf, J.) Digitally signed by :- KULDEEP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad