Umesh Sah v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19328 of 2017 =========================================================== Umesh Sah, S/o Gannu Sah, Resident of Village - Purkhauli, P.O.- Purkhauli, P.S.- Lalganj, District- Vaishali.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar, through the Chairman-cum- M.D., Bihar State Power Holding Corporation Ltd. erstwhile Bihar State Electricity Board, Bidyut Bhawan, Baily Road, Patna, Bihar.

2. The District Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur.

3. The Superintendent of Police, Vaishali at Hajipur.

4. The Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Section, Bihar State Electricity Board, Kounhara Ghat, Hajipur, Vaishali.

5. The Assistant Engineer, Electric Supply Section, Bihar State Electricity Board, Lalganj, District- Vaishali.

6. The Enforcement Officer-cum-Assistant Engineer, North Bihar Power Distribution Co. Ltd., Kounhara Ghat, Hajipur, Vaishali.

7. Officer-in- Charge, Lalganj Police Station, District- Vaishali.

8. Sanjeet Kumar, S/o Sri Yogendra Prasad, Abhinirdharan Padadhikari-cumAssistant Electric Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Lalganj, Resident of Village and P.O.- Keshopur, P.S.- Sakra, District- Muzaffarpur.

9. Manvendra S/o Sri Rajendra Prasad, Resident of Village and P.O. - Telhara, District- Nalanda.

10. Umesh Sah, S/o Late Kushi Sah, Resident of Village and P.O.- Hajipur, P.S.- Hajipur Town, District- Vaishali.

11. Indal Sahni, S/o Sri Jagdish Sahni, Resident of Village- Maruki, P.O.- Kumma, P.S.- Sursand, District- Sitamarhi.

.... .... Respondents =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Satya Prakash Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Y.P. Sinha - AAG7 Mr. Rajeev Kr. Sinha, AC to AAG 7 For Power Company : Mr. Sanjay Kr. Giri, Advocate =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIKASH JAIN ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 21-06-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State as well as learned counsel for the respondent-Bihar State Power Holding Corporation Limited.

Patna High Court CWJC No.19328 of 2017 dt.21-06-2018 2/2

2. The present writ petition has been filed for a direction to the respondent authorities to connect the Meter for the electric supply of the petitioner's residential house vide Consumer No. DSI-1 KW for which he has deposited the required charges on 18.10.2017; to supply the correct energy bill of Consumer No. PKO 125-LTIS-1, HZ134464; and for connected reliefs.

3. At the very outset, this Court takes note on paragraph 14 of the counter affidavit that final assessment order has already been made on 18.11.2017 and final bill of Rs. 74,745/- has been issued to the petitioner which was required to be deposited with the punitive amount of Rs. 1,97,403/-.

4. In the above view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to seek redressal of his grievances before the appropriate forum in accordance with law. (Vikash Jain, J) B.T/Chandran AFR/NAFR NAFR CAV DATE N.A.

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