WRIT - C No. 30861 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 30861 of 2025 Civil Bar Association District Basti And Another .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashutosh Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : Ashish Mishra, C.S.C. Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SAUMITRA DAYAL SINGH, J. HON'BLE INDRAJEET SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard Sri Arun Kumar Gupta learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Ashutosh Pandey learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Mukul Tripathi learned Standing Counsel for the State and Sri Ashish Mishra learned counsel for the High Court. 2. Present petition has been filed by the Civil Bar Association, Basti, for the following relief: "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no. 1 to deposit due electricity bill, due upon the petitioner. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no. 1 to deposit regular electricity bill incurred upon the petitioner." 3. Learned Senior Advocate has first relied on the decision of the Supreme Court in Supreme Court Bar Association and Others Vs. B.D. Kaushik (2011) 13 SCC 774. That decision has been applie