Umesh Saw v. The Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CWJC No.11035 of 2024, oral order of Justice A. Abhishek Reddy dated 21-08-2024, disposed of. Subject: acceptance and lawful processing of applications for new electrical connections by eleven petitioners against Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited, South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited, the General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, Patna Electric Supply Union, the Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Danapur, and the Assistant Electrical Engineers, Electric Supply Sub-Division, Digha, Patna. Direction: accept applications with requisite amounts, consider strictly in accordance with law, decide within four weeks of receipt. Counsel: Rohit Kumar (petitioners); Vinay Kirti Singh, Senior Advocate, and Deepak Kumar (respondents). No statutes or precedent cases cited; no monetary quantum specified.
What did the court decide?
Direction to Respondent Nos. 6 and 7 (Assistant Electrical Engineers, Electric Supply Sub-Division, Digha, Patna) to accept the petitioners' applications for electrical connection along with the requisite amounts, consider the same strictly in accordance with law, and complete the consideration within four weeks from receipt of the applications.