M/S Saifenco Works v. Director Electrical Safety Govt of Uttar Pradesh and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
M/s Saifenco Works v. Director Electrical Safety, Govt of Uttar Pradesh and another, WRIT - C No. 24754 of 2023, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Division Bench (Siddhartha Varma, J. and Manoj Bajaj, J.), decided 26.9.2023, Neutral Citation 2023:AHC:186264-DB. Subject: electricity bill revision and waiver of interest for the period a wrong bill was issued; Uttar Pradesh Electricity Supply Code, 2005, Clause 6.5. Disposition: writ petition disposed of with liberty to seek bill revision before the relevant authority under Clause 6.5 and to raise the interest-waiver grievance under the relevant Clause of the Code; prayer no.1 not pressed as accepted by the State. Counsel: Arun Mishra for petitioner; CSC and Narendra Kumar Tiwari for respondents.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner left with liberty to approach the relevant authority under Clause 6.5 of the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Supply Code, 2005 regarding revision of the bill, and to raise the grievance for waiver of interest for the period the wrong bill was issued under the relevant Clause of the Code; prayer no.1 not pressed as accepted by the State.