WRIT - C No. 35068 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 35068 of 2025 Mohar Singh .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pradeep Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : Baleshwar Chaturvedi, C.S.C. Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SAUMITRA DAYAL SINGH, J. HON'BLE INDRAJEET SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard Sri Pradeep Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Baleshwar Chaturvedi, learned counsel for the distribution corporation. 2. Challenge has been raised to the Recovery Citation dated 20.02.2024 seeking to recover Rs. 1,29,487/- 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 respondent No. 3 under Clause 6.8 of the U.P. Electricity Supply Code 2005. 5. Accordingly,