Ajay Kumar Tripathi v. The Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited
Electricity connection – Bihar Electricity Supply Code, 2007, Clause 4.13(B), Chapter 4
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court oral order dated 06-03-2024 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 2953 of 2024 (Ajay Kumar Tripathi v. Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited and others). Petition sought direction to SBPDCL officials (respondent nos. 4 and 5) to accept on-line application for new electricity connection at Rajiv Nagar, Patna, invoking Clause 4.13(B), Chapter 4, Bihar Electricity Supply Code, 2007 (connection on encroached Government/Semi-Government/Public land). Disposed with directions: petitioner to file on-line application with requisite documents within 10 days; respondents to consider in accordance with law and decide within one month. Keywords: electricity connection, Bihar Electricity Supply Code 2007, Clause 4.13(B), encroached government land, SBPDCL, mandamus, disposed.
What did the court decide?
Writ application disposed with directions: petitioner to submit on-line application with all requisite documents within 10 days; respondent nos. 4 and 5 to consider the application in accordance with law and take appropriate decision within one month.