Court No. - 32
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 38619 of 2019 Petitioner :- Shri Phool Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 04 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shams Uz Zaman Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Shashi Kant Gupta,J. Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal,J.
This writ petition has been filed, interalia, for the following reliefs:
"(i) Issue an order, direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the bill notice dated 30.09.2019 issued by the respondent no. 5."
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Baleshwar Chaturvedi, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Electricity Department and perused the record.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner accepts the entire liability and he is ready to pay the entire amount provided some instalments are fixed.
Sri Baleshwar Chaturvedi, learned counsel for the Electricity Department, submits that under Paragraph 6.14 of the Electricity Code, 2005, the Executive Engineer is vested with the powers for fixing instalments and therefore, the petitioner may approach the Executive Engineer.
The writ petition is disposed of with the observation that in case, the petitioner makes an application to the Executive Engineer with regard to payment in instalments as provided under Paragraph 6.14 of the Electricity Code, 2005, within a period of two weeks from today, the Executive Engineer may consider the claim of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is presented before it.
For a period of six weeks, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner.
Order Date :- 28.11.2019 Arun