SMT. GEETA DEVI v. STATE OFUTTAR PRADESH AND 2 OTHERS
WRIC/30511/2025 · 2025-10-08
Saral Srivastava, Sudhanshu Chauhan
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 30511 of 2025 Court No. - 40 HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.
HON'BLE SUDHANSHU CHAUHAN, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and leaned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. The petitioner by means of the present writ petition have prayed for the following relief:-
"(i) Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent authority (licenseee) to comply the order dated 7.9.2024 in Miscellaneous case no.115 of 2018 namely Geeta Devi Vs. Chandrabhushan and others, P.S. Lanka Varanasi which is pending before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, III District- Varanasi by opposite party no.2 in time bound manner. (ii) It is further prayed that this Hon'ble Court to direct the opposite party no.2 to grant new electricity connection in the name of the applicant in her name premises H.No. N 1/15 Gangotri Vihar colony Nagwan Thana-Lanka, district- Varanasi and supply electricity to the applicant. (iii). and further order may be passed which is this Hon'ble Court deem and fit proper in the circumstances of this case, otherwise the applicant shall suffer are irreparable loss and injury. (iv). To issue any other writ, order or direction as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. (v) To award the cost to the writ petition to the petitioner." Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Amit Kumar, Neetu Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Udit Chandra Smt. Geeta Devi .....Petitioner(s) State Ofuttar Pradesh And 2 Others .....Respondent(s)
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not yet applied for an electricity connection in pursuance of the order dated 07.09.2024 passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-III, Varanasi. It is further submitted that if the petitioner submits an appropriate application in the prescribed format before the competent authority, the same shall be considered in accordance with law, and the electricity connection may be provided in compliance with the said order. 4. In view of the above submissions and without entering into the merits of the case, the present writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to make an appropriate application before the competent authority in the prescribed format for grant of electricity connection. 5.
In the event such application is filed by the petitioner, the respondent no.2/ Executive Engineer, Purvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Ltd., Chaukaghat, Varanasi, shall consider and dispose of the same expeditiously, strictly in accordance with law keeping in view the order dated 07.09.2024 passed in Misc. Case No. 115 of 2018, preferably within a period of two months from the date of filing of such application. October 9, 2025 Virendra WRIC No. 30511 of 2025 2 (Sudhanshu Chauhan,J.) (Saral Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIRENDRA KUMAR BHARTEEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad