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2025 DAILYLAW 124092 (ALL)

LALLU LAL v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. ENERGY GOVT. U.P. LKO. AND 4 OTHERS

WRIC/1594/2025 · 2025-02-20

Om Prakash Shukla, Rajan Roy

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:11132-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 1594 of 2025 Petitioner :- Lallu Lal Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Energy Govt. U.P. Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shiv Kumar,Rohit Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Manish Jauhari Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. 1. Heard Sri Shiv Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Manish Misra, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State and Sri Manish Jauhari, learned counsel for the opposite parties no. 4 and 5. 2. The petitioner has already approached the Permanent Lok Adalat. Whether he had taken electricity connection or not and whether the documents annexed with the application seeking electricity connection were those of the petitioner or somebody else one all factual issues which can not be adjudicated in summary proceedings under Article 266 of the Constitution of India, especially as, photocopy of a bill generated in the name of the petitioner has been placed by Sri Manish Jauhari, learned counsel for the Electricity Corporation after giving a copy thereof to the petitioner also, therefore, the petitioner should pursue the matter before the Permanent Lok Adalat or seek such other remedies as many be prescribed in law. 3. If the opposite parties herein are defendants in the proceedings before the Permanent Lok Adalat and they are not appearing, then, the Permanent Lok Adalat can always draw adverse inference and proceed in the matter to decide. 4. Sri Jauhari, learned counsel for the Electricity Corporation should advise his clients to put in appearance before Permanent Lok Adalat at Sultanpur details of which are mentioned in Para 10 of the writ petition. 5. If it is permissible it is open for the petitioner to seek interim relief before the Permanent Lok Adalat if any proceedings for recovery of electricity dues has been initiated. 6. With the aforesaid observations/directions, the writ petition is disposed of. . (Om Prakash Shukla,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Order Date :- 20.2.2025 R.K.P. Digitally signed by :- RAJ KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench