Prahlad Bhui v. West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd And ORS.

June 28, 2024 Sl. No.38 Court No.9 s.biswas WPA 9298 of 2024 Prahlad Bhui vs.

West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited and others Mr. Ratul Deb Banerjee Ms. Kuheli Gayen Ms. Paramita Mondal Ms. Suva Gayen ... for the petitioner Mr. Srijan Nayak Ms. Rituparna Maitra ... for the WBSEDCL

1. Affidavit of service is taken on record.

The petitioner complains of non-consideration of his prayer for compensation for the bodily injury sustained by him on account of electrocution. It is alleged that a live wire maintained by the distribution company, had caused such accident. The village of the petitioner is Kishoripur.

Mr. Nayak, learned advocate for the WBSEDCL, submits that the incident took place in 2015 and the writ petition has been filed in 2024. The petition should be dismissed on the ground of delay. The electricity distribution company cannot be held responsible for such incident.

The writ petition is disposed of without any opinion on the correctness of the contentions of the petitioner. The writ petition shall be treated as a representation of the petitioner and disposed of by the concerned authority in accordance with law.

The petitioner and the representative of Binpur Customer Care Centre shall also be heard at the time of disposal of the writ petition. A reasoned order shall be passed and communicated to the petitioner.

The entire exercise should be completed within a period of two months from the date of communication of this order. Since no affidavit has been called for, allegations made in the writ petition are deemed to be denied by the distribution company. The distribution company shall be entitled to put forward their version before the appropriate authority along with documents. 7.

All parties are directed to act on the basis of the server copy of the order.

(Shampa Sarkar, J.)