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Case :- WRIT - C No. - 42474 of 2019 Petitioner :- Jairam And 3 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amit Tripathi,Amreshkant Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pankaj Kumar Shukla
Hon'ble Ramesh Sinha,J. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J.
This writ petition has been filed, inter alia, for the following reliefs:-
"(i). Issue a writ of mandamus restraining the respondents from carrying on the electricity supply line overhead of the house of the petitioners forthwith.
Heard Sri Amit Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for respondent nos. 1 and 2 and perused the record. No one is present on behalf of the respondent-corporation even in the revised call.
Having regard to the nature of the grievance, we are of the firm opinion that the same would fall within the competence/ domain of the authorities under the Works of Licensees Rules, 2006, which have been framed under the Electricity Act, 2003.
Consequently, we permit the petitioners to move the Collector/District Magistrate, Prayagraj with a copy of their claim together with a certified copy of this order and place such materials as the petitioners may seek to rely upon. The Collector/ District Magistrate, Prayagraj shall take a final decision on the application preferably within a period of three months of the receipt of a copy of the application.
The petition is, accordingly, disposed of.
(Ajit Kumar, J.) (Ramesh Sinha, J.) Order Date :- 19.12.2019 Shiraz