R. Poon Kodi v. the Superintending Engineer and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
R. Poon Kodi v. The Superintending Engineer and another, WPA/95/2024, High Court at Calcutta (Circuit Bench at Port Blair), Judge Moushumi Bhattacharya, decided February 2, 2024. Petitioner's representation dated 4 November 2023 to the Electricity Department (Superintending Engineer and Assistant Engineer -III) seeking power supply for his premises went unanswered; court disposed of the petition by directing the respondent authorities to dispose of the representation within seven days from date of communication of the order, with the order to be communicated by 5 February 2024. Counsel: M.K.Thakur (petitioner); Tulsi Lall (respondents). No statutes or precedent cases cited; no amounts involved. Note: the disposal sentence in the judgment body prints 'WPA/85/2024' while the case heading reads 'WPA/95/2024'.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondent authorities (Superintending Engineer, Electricity Department, and Assistant Engineer -III) to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 4th November, 2023 within seven days from the date of communication of the order; the order to be communicated by 5th February, 2024.