Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:50457-DB Court No. - 39 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9443 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ram Suchit Dhuriya Respondent :- Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Deepak Kumar Pandey,Ram Chandra Counsel for Respondent :- Narendra Kumar Tiwari Hon'ble Siddhartha Varma,J. Hon'ble Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J. 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner relying upon the judgment of Ashok Kumar and others Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and others, (2008) 6 ADJ 660 has submitted that the provisional assessment notice was not prepared as per the law so enunciated in that judgment. Learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore, states that the provisional assessment notice be set aside. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents- Electricity Department, Sri Rakesh Kumar Mishra, holding brief of Sri Narendra Kumar Tiwari, submits that as of today neither final assessment order has been passed nor any recovery has been issued against the petitioner. There is only a provisional assessment notice, which as per the petitioner has not been sent as per the law. He, therefore, submits that the petitioner can always submit his reply and state before the Electricity Department about the provisional assessment notice which has not been sent, as per the petitioner, in accordance with law. 3. We have heard the learned counsel for the parties and definitely are of the view that in response to the notice issued to the petitioner by way of the provisional assessment notice, the petitioner can always submit his reply. 4. With this observation, the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 8.4.2025 Radhika (Dr. Y.K. Srivastava,J.) (Siddhartha Varma,J.) Digitally signed by :- RADHIKA VISHWAKARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad