Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:67752-DB Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 12374 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mohd. Ausaf Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Faizul Hasan,Mahboob Ahmad Siddiqui Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pranjal Mehrotra Hon'ble Shekhar B. Saraf,J. Hon'ble Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J. 1. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent No.1 and Mr. Pranjal Mehrotra, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.2 and 3. 2. This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India wherein the writ petitioner is aggrieved by the electricity bill dated April 4, 2025 issued by the Electricity Department. 3. Upon hearing the learned counsel for the parties and perusing the record, we dispose of the writ petition with a direction given to the petitioner to file an appropriate application under Clause 6.5 of the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Code, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Code') before the authority concerned. If such an application is made within a period of two weeks from date, the authority concerned is directed to grant an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, and thereafter, pass an order in accordance with law within a period of six weeks from the date of filing of the application. It is to be further noted that if the application is filed along with the payment, that is, to be made under Clause 6.5 of the Code, the Electricity Department shall re-connect the electricity of the petitioner forthwith. We make it clear that this re-connection shall be subject to final order to be passed on the application under Clause 6.5 of the Code. Order Date :- 30.4.2025 Rakesh (Dr. Y.K. Srivastava, J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf, J.) Digitally signed by :- RAKESH MEHTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad