Order Sheet

IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH, BENCH AT SUKKUR

C. P. No. D – 660 of 2020

Before :

Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon

Mr. Justice Yousuf Ali Sayeed

Petitioners : Imtiaz Ali & another

Through Mr. Ali Raza Balouch, Advocate

Respondent No.1 : Federation of Pakistan and others

Through Mr. Ali Raza Pathan, Assistant Attorney General

Date of hearing : 23.07.2020.

Date of order : 23.07.2020.

O R D E R

ADNAN-UL-KARIM MEMON, J. – Through this petition, the petitioner, has mainly prayed for direction to the competent authority of the Respondent-Company to resolve his electricity related issue on priority basis. As per pleading of the petitioner, dispute has arisen between them relating to installation of electricity connection as per Demand Notice dated 13.4.2019.

2. We have noticed that non-installation of electricity connection has been challenged by the petitioner before this Court rather than before the competent authority of respondent-company, who has jurisdiction to deal with the matter.

3. Learned Counsel for the petitioner argued that the respondent-company is adamant not to install electricity connection; besides, they failed to restrain the officials of the company who have allowed favours to influential of the locality and deprived the poor people of electricity, who have been paying full electricity charges without electricity. It is also contended that the petitioner is constrained to invoke the jurisdiction of this court as the respondents had failed to redress his grievance despite passage of considerable time.

4. We have heard learned Counsel for the petitioner at some considerable length and perused the material available on record.

5. According to the petitioner, he was constrained to file this petition as the officials of respondent-company had failed to discharge their functions according to law. The petitioner has not been able to convince us that he has availed / exhausted his remedy in accordance with law before filing this petition. However, it may be observed that, an aggrieved person has to first avail the remedy provided to him by law before the competent authority of respondent-company and he must exhaust such remedy before approaching this Court instead of bypassing the appellate forum.

6. This petition and applications pending therein stand dismissed in limine in the above terms with no order as to costs.

J U D G E