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2025 DAILYLAW 181419 (ALL)

SUJEET SINGH CHAUBAN v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. ENERGY LKO AND 3 OTHERS

WRIC/10375/2025 · 2025-11-10

Prashant Kumar, Shekhar B Saraf

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 10375 of 2025 Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of direction to the opposite parties not to harass and torture the petitioner as well as not to adopt any coercive measures against the petitioner for recovery of the amount shown in the notice and restore the electricity connection and the supply. 3. Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents submits that any dispute with regard to electricity bill should be decided in terms of Clause 6.5 of the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Supply Code, 2005. 4. We are of the view that the instant writ petition should be disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to make an application under Section 6.5 of Uttar Pradesh Electricity Supply Code, 2005. 5. In light of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to make an application under Section 6.5 of Uttar Pradesh Electricity Supply Code, 2005. If such an application is moved by the petitioner within a period of two weeks from today the authorities are directed to decide the same in accordance with law by way of passing a reasoned order, after granting an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner expeditiously preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of such application. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Yogendra Kumar Pandey, Kailash Nath Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Aprajita Bansal Sujeet Singh Chauban .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Energy Lko And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) 6. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. November 10, 2025 Arjun/- WRIC No. 10375 of 2025 2 (Prashant Kumar,J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf,J.) Digitally signed by :- ARJUN PRASAD High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench