WRIT - C No. 32823 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 32823 of 2025 Ashok Pathak .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Amit Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Chetan Chatterjee Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SAUMITRA DAYAL SINGH, J. HON'BLE INDRAJEET SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State and Sri Chetan Chatterjee, learned counsel for the Distribution Corporation. 2. Challenge has been raised to the Recovery Citation dated 24.05.2025 seeking to recover Rs. 3,81,370/- from the petitioner towards electricity dues. 3. Presently, it is not clear if assessment procedure has been fully complied. Petitioner claims no opportunity of hearing was given to him before the impugned demand came to be created. 4. In view of such facts, no useful purpose may be served in keeping such a petition pending or calling for counter affidavit at this stage. To the extent petitioner may not have been given opportunity of hearing, it is desirable that one opportunity is given to the petitioner before the Assessing Officer/respondent No. 2 under Clause 6.8 of the U.P. Electricity Supply Cod