SAMARJEET VERMA v. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION DIVISION , PRATAPGARH AND ANOTHER
WRIC/1770/2023 · 2025-01-22
Manish Kumar, Rajan Roy
body2025
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:4353-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 1770 of 2023 Petitioner :- Samarjeet Verma Respondent :- Executive Engineer Electricity Distribution Division , Pratapgarh And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajeev Kumar Srivastava,Ganga Prasad Counsel for Respondent :- Amarjeet Singh Rakhra Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J.
1. Learned counsel for petitioner confines his prayer to the
consideration of correction of the bills from the period 2019 onwards so that the amount of dues raised by the opposite parties is reduced and he may be able to pay the same.
2. Learned counsel for the opposite party says that there is a One Time Settlement scheme going on, the petitioner may apply under it, thereupon, it will be considered, provided, he is covered by the same.
3. Let the proposal of the petitioner under the O.T.S scheme, if he is covered under it, be considered and a decision be taken at the earliest, say within three weeks of its submission.
4. Consequences will follow accordingly based on the said decision. Till such decision is taken, the opposite parties shall not take any coercive action against the petitioner.
5. Shri Amarjeet Singh Rakhra, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 1, shall communicate the order to the concerned for compliance. The petitioner may also do the needful.
6. If the petitioner does not submit an application or the decision is against the petitioner, the opposite parties are at liberty to proceed as per law.
7. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of.
Order Date :- 22.1.2025 DiVYa Digitally signed by :- DIVYA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench