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2025 DAILYLAW 121592 (ALL)

KEDARNATH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. ENERGY DEPTT. LKO AND 3 OTHERS

WRIC/1201/2025 · 2025-02-11

Om Prakash Shukla, Rajan Roy

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:8645-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 1201 of 2025 Petitioner :- Kedarnath Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Energy Deptt. Lko And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Abhishek Mishra,Aishwarya Pandey,Saubhagya Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Manish Jauhari Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. Heard. Learned counsel for the Electricity Corporation says that the petitioner claims to have been minor in the year 1994 when the electricity connection was granted, however, the connection was commercial which was granted in the year 1994 and, therefore, the impugned recovery of arrears, in respect whereof recovery citation certificate was issued consequently citation of recovery has been issued, nevertheless as the petitioner has submitted a representation, the same would be considered and decided by the opposite party No.3 within six weeks after getting the facts verified. In view of the above, we dispose of this Writ Petition in terms of the statement made by Sri Manish Jauhari, learned counsel for the Electricity Corporation with direction to the opposite party No.3 to consider and decide the petitioner's representation within six weeks. Till such decision, the revenue authorities shall not give effect to the impugned citation of the recovery which shall remain subject to the fresh decision to be taken as aforesaid. Once the decision is taken, the opposite party No.3 shall communicate it to the petitioner and the revenue authorities for further action. While taking aforesaid decision, the opposite party No.3 shall take all pleas raised by the petitioner into consideration. (Om Prakash Shukla,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Order Date :- 11.2.2025 Saurabh Digitally signed by :- SAURABH VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench