WP(C) 3069/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE A C UPADHYAY Heard Mr. A.M Mazumdar, learned senior counsel assisted Mr. S.Islam for the petitioner . Also Heard Mr. HK Sharma, Learned counsel for Respondent Nos. 5 and 6. The petitioners have preferred this petition for recovery of an amount o f Rs. 38, 73, 990/- which was collected in excess by the Respondents at the tim e of installation of Solar Home Light System in 11 Nos. of remote villages is th e district of Darrang, Assam in pursuance of the scheme dated 29.03.2008 sanctio ned by the Govt. of India through the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy under Remote Village Electrification programme for electrification of 59 remote villa ges. The aforesaid scheme was implemented by State Nodal Officer FDA and Chief C onservator of Forests, Assam Forest Office, Guwahati through the concerned CEOs of different districts. The petitioners villages had applied for solar Home li ghting System and accordingly, 11 Nos. of the villages under Puthimari Gaon Panc hayat in the district of Darrang were provided electrification by installation o f Solar Home light System Accordingly, 1473 nos. of individual beneficiaries of the villages paid a sum of Rs. 3680.00 for installation of the same. It is sub mitted by the learned counsel on behalf of the petitioner that in fact an amount of Rs. 1050/- was required to be paid by the beneficiaries as installation char ges in terms of the Govt. Order, whereas they alongwith other beneficiaries had to pay a sum of Rs. 3680.00 for installation of the aforesaid system. It is subm itted on behalf of the petitioners that in the process, an excess amount of Rs. 2630.00 for each unit was paid by individual beneficiaries totaling to a stagger ing amount of Rs. 38, 73, 990/- . It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners t hat inspite of submission of representations for restoration/ return of the exce ss amount so paid to its beneficiaries , no direction or order has been passed b y the respondent authority. In the facts and circumstances of the case and with the consent of the l earned counsel for the ASEB, if as stated by the petitioners there was excess re covery from individual beneficiaries, such excess amount may have to be paid bac k to them. Therefore, I propose to dispose of this writ petition with simple di rection to the General Manager, ASEB i.e. Respondent No. 6 to dispose of the re presentations submitted by the petitioners for recovery of the excess amount , c onsidering all the aforesaid aspects of the matter in accordance with law. Howev er, this exercise may be carried out within a period of 3 (three) months from th e date of receipt of the certified copy of this Order, However, in the event of deciding to repay the excess amount received from the beneficiary, the Respondent authorities may do so by disbursing the amount indiv idually to the beneficiaries. With the above observations and directions this writ petition stands disposed of .