Md. Tahir v. The Chairman Cum Managing Director, Bihar State Power Holding Company Ltd.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.21375 of 2019 ====================================================== Md. Tahir Son of Md. Sah Amin, Resident of Village- Sanhoula, P.S. and District-Bhagalpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The Chairman Cum Managing Director, Bihar State Power Holding Company Ltd., Patna.

2.

The Managing Director, South Bihar Power Distribution Company Pvt. Ltd. Patna.

3.

The District Magistrate, Bhagalpur, District- Bhagalpur. 4.

The Executive Electric Engineer Rural, Mayaganj, Bhagalpur. 5.

The Assistant Electric Engineer, Sub Division, Kahalgaon, DistrictBhagalpur. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Gupta, Advocate Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate Mr. Rajiv Ranjan, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Subash Prasad Singh, GA-3 Mr. Vinay Kirti Singh, Advocate Mr. Kunal Tiwary, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 12-12-2022 Petitioner has prayed for the following relief(s):- "That this writ application is being filed for issuance of writ nature of mandamus for direction to respondents to grant connection of the electricity to the petitioner and issued new meter in the light of the order dated 29.01.2019 passed by Hon'ble Lok Adalat Bhagalpur in Misc. Case No.46/2018 and further issued direction to respondent considered the

Patna High Court CWJC No.21375 of 2019(2) dt.12-12-2022 2/3 application of petitioner and further give other legal consequential benefit to the petitioner"

After the matter was heard for some time, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the present petition reserving liberty to take recourse to such other remedies as are otherwise permissible and admissible in accordance with law as also represent to the appropriate authority i.e. respondent No. 4 namely, The Executive Electric Engineer Rural, Mayaganj, Bhagalpur, venting out the grievances, subject-matter of the present petition. Prayer allowed. Liberty, as prayed for, is granted. Without expressing any opinion on merits, leaving all questions of fact and law open, the present petition is disposed of as withdrawn with the liberty aforesaid.

We expect that the appropriate authority shall consider and decide the petitioner's application/request expeditiously and preferably within a period of three months from the date of its presentation.

Needless to say that while considering such request, principles of natural justice shall be followed and due opportunity of hearing afforded to the parties. If aggrieved by the said order, the petitioner shall

Patna High Court CWJC No.21375 of 2019(2) dt.12-12-2022 3/3 have liberty to approach this Court by way of separate petition(s), if so required and desired.

Interlocutory application, if any, shall also stand disposed of.

(Sanjay Karol, CJ) (Partha Sarthy, J) avinash/Sujit U