HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 28457 of 2025 Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON'BLE PRAVEEN KUMAR GIRI, J. 1. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. The present writ petition has been filed assailing the order dated 08.08.2024, whereby the electricity department has put certain onerous conditions on the petitioner for providing electricity. 3. The factual matrix of the case is that the electricity department submits that a sum of Rs. 2,25,452/- is payable by the erstwhile owner of the plot No. 652. It is to be noted that the erstwhile owner has filed a writ petition before this High Court and a stay order has been passed in the said writ petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that she is willing to provide a bank guarantee of sum of Rs. 2,25,452/- on the condition that upon providing such bank guarantee, electricity connection will be provided to the petitioner at plot No. 650. 5. Upon consideration of the facts and circumstances, we are of the view that the electricity connection should be granted to the petitioner upon furnishing a bank guarantee from a nationalized bank of Rs. 2,25,452/-. After furnishing the bank guarantee, the connection should be provided within a month from the date. This bank guarantee must be renewed one month before the expiry of the stay. 6. We make it clear that the electricity department shall be at liberty to Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rama Goel Bansal, Shalini Goel Counsel for Respondent(s) : Baleshwar Chaturvedi, Sachin Mishra Hitesh Khandelwal .....Petitioner(s) Dakshinachan Vidut Vitaran Nigam Ltd. And Another .....Respondent(s) invoke the bank guarantee if the result of the earlier petition goes in favour of the department. Obviously, the entire matter shall abide by the result of the writ petition bearing Writ-C No. 13759 of 2024. 7. Regular payments shall be made by the petitioner for the bills that are raised on a monthly basis. 8. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. September 12, 2025 K.Tiwari WRIC No. 28457 of 2025 2 (Praveen Kumar Giri,J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHNA KANT TIWARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad