HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 10292 of 2025 Court No. - 5 HON'BLE ALOK MATHUR, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Mayank Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for respondent no. 1 and Sri Ran Vijai Singh, learned counsel appearing for respondent nos. 2 to 5. 2. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has leased her premises/house situated at A-1, Vishnu Lok Colony, Kanpur Road, Lucknow to the respondents on 01.06.2020. The respondents had occupied the said premises and were using it for running office of "Employees State Insurance Corporation". It is submitted that the said premises had 10KW electricity connection and a sub meter was also installed with the consent of the parties. It has been submitted that the petitioner being landlord of the said premises was continuously paying electricity bills for consumption of electricity, but the respondents who were in occupation of the said premises failed to pay the electricity dues as per bills presented by the petitioner. Subsequently, respondents have also vacated the rented premises on 01.04.2025. 3. Grievance raised by the petitioner in the present writ petition is that during entire period of occupation of the premises the respondents who are instrumentalities of the State, being Director General and Regional Director, Employees State Insurance Corporation, have consumed electricity, but failed to pay electricity dues to the petitioner. 4. Accordingly, in the aforesaid circumstances, present writ petition has been Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mayank Pandey, Akhilesha Nand Pandey, Ravi Kant Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Ran Vijay Singh Smt. Manju Asthana .....Petitioner(s) U.O.I. Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Laboure And Environment New Delhi And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) filed seeking mandamus to the respondents to pay electricity dues of Rs.16,71,716/-, in relation to the rented premises for the period 03.02.2021 to 30.09.2025. 5. This matter was taken up as fresh matter on which date this Court had directed the respondents to clear the dues payable to the petitioner on account of electricity charges. Today, when the matter has been taken up, this Court has taken strict view of the matter on finding out that respondents have not complied with the oral direction of this Court. Accordingly, matter was fixed for 2.15PM, with direction to the respondents to pay the outstanding electricity dues to the petitioner. 6. Today when the matter has been taken up at 2.15PM, Sri Ran Vijai Singh, learned counsel for the respondents has produced before this Court a Cheque bearing No. 181977, dated 06.11.2025 of Rs.14,30,289/- in favour of petitioner, drawn on State Bank of India. 7. It is submitted by learned counsel for the respondents that they have not yet computed the entire outstanding amount payable to the petitioner and in case any remaining amount is to be paid, same shall also be computed and paid with expedition. It was further stated that the respondents may be given short time to settle the accounts. 8. The aforesaid cheque has been handed over to learned counsel for the petitioner to be forwarded to the petitioner for depositing the same in her bank account. Learned counsel for the petitioner also does not dispute the fact that amount may be settled between the parties within next ten days, for which purpose the petitioner shall appear before the present Dispensary existing at Sarojini Nagar, Lucknow on 11.11.2025, at 11.00AM. 9. It is expected that the accounts pertaining to outstanding amount of electricity dues shall be settled This exercise shall be done expeditiously, say within next ten days as directed above. 10. With aforesaid directions, present writ petition stands allowed. November 6, 2025 A. Verma WRIC No. 10292 of 2025 2 (Prashant Kumar,J.) (Alok Mathur,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench