M/S STARWORK PAPERS PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
WRIC/32522/2025 · 2025-10-07
Saral Srivastava, Sudhanshu Chauhan
Special Leave Petitionbody2025
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 32522 of 2025 Court No. - 40 HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.
HON'BLE SUDHANSHU CHAUHAN, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents.
2. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner herein is seeking a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to give actual credit of the amount towards rebate of Electricity Duty to the petitioner w.e.f. February, 2010 to January, 2020.
3. The matter of refund of the electricity duty came up for consideration before a Division Bench of this Court in Misc. Bench No. 5055 of 2019; M/S Bansal Wire Industries Ltd. Vs. State of U.P. & Ors. and other connected petitions.
4. The petitions were allowed vide judgment and order dated 7.8.2019 with a direction that the State Government shall refund the amount of electricity duty collected after the issuance of the notification dated 21.1.2010, within a period of six months, failing which the amount would carry interest at the rate of 10%.
5. The aforesaid judgment is final and conclusive as the SLP filed against the same has been dismissed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court. The present matter is covered by the Division Bench judgement of this Court.
6. In view of the aforesaid fact, we dispose off the writ petition permitting the petitioner to file a detailed representation ventilating his grievances for not refund of electricity duty before the respondent no.2-Director, Electrical Safety, Vibhuti Khand-2, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow along with a certified copy Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mayank Kumar Agrawal Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. M/S Starwork Papers Private Limited And Another .....Petitioner(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s)
of this order within a period of one month from today. In case, any such representation is filed by the petitioner, the respondent no.2 shall consider and decide the same strictly in accordance with law in the light of the judgement, referred to above in the order, within a period of one month thereafter after giving due notice and opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. October 8, 2025 NS WRIC No. 32522 of 2025 2 (Sudhanshu Chauhan,J.) (Saral Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- NITIN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad