WRIT - C No. 30598 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 30598 of 2025 Shamim Khan @ Mohammad Shamim Khan .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Afzal Husain, Mohd. Samiuzzaman Khan Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Narendra Kumar Tiwari Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SAUMITRA DAYAL SINGH, J. HON'BLE INDRAJEET SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard Sri Mohd. Samiuzzaman Khan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Rakesh Kumar Mishra, Advocate, holding brief of learned counsel for the distribution corporation. 2. Challenge has been raised to the demand of electricity dues being pressed against the petitioner, vide demand notice dated 11.06.2024 for Rs. 59,548/-. 3. At the outset, learned counsel for the distribution corporation has raised a preliminary objection that final assessment has been passed in the case of the petitioner on 22.02.2025. 4. We have perused the order. Copy of the same has been marked as 'X' and retained on record. 5. Prima facie, the assessment order does not discuss the claim objection of the petitioner and in any case it does appear that it does not record any reason for the demand. 6. In view of the above, such order may ne