HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 8195 of 2018 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. 1. Heard. 2. This PIL was filed in the year 2018 seeking the following reliefs:- "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of 'Mandamus' directing the opposite party no. 1 to provide and ensure cheap and best electricity supply to all the domestic and bona fide consumers of the entire State of Uttar Pradesh. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the opposite party no. 1 to take an appropriate legal action against the persons/factory owners etc. as well as guilty officers of the department who are involved in the theft of the electricity scam for Rs. 6, 000 crores by constituting a committee headed by a retired Judge of this Hon'ble Court. (iii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the opposite party no. 2 to make a detailed enquiry by any independent agency like C.B.I. for Rs. 6,000 crores electricity theft scam and take appropriate legal actions against the guilty factory owners as well as guilty officers of the department and recover all the amount from their salaries or their own properties." 3. If there are specific instances in this regard or material and data to enable the Court to issue substantive directions, then, of course, we would proceed further, but such omnibus directions have been sought only on Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : In Person Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C, Neerav Chitravanshi, Vikrant Raghuvanshi Moti Lal Yadav And Anr .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P Thru Secy Deptt Of Power Lko And Ors .....Respondent(s) the strength of newspaper reports which is not to say that the report may be false or true, but only to say that for a constitutional Court to proceed in the matter as a PIL, there should be some data and relevant figures/documents on record. 4. We, therefore, drop the proceedings but leave it open for the petitioner to raise the issue before the concerned authorities or, if required, to initiate proceedings, as per law, but with sufficient pleadings and documents. 5. This PIL is, accordingly, disposed of. 6. Consigned to records. October 10, 2025 Shravan WPIL No. 8195 of 2018 2 (Rajeev Bharti,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHRAVAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench