High Court · 2025

3. smt. oleti Padmavathi, wo. Sri. o. srinivasa Rao aqed about 40 vears. occ. Housewife Rl/o. H. No. 1-10-1 68, Ftat No. 202, S'iddi Resideniy Bh'arathi Nagar, Alwal, Hyderabad. ...PETITIONERS AND

1. The State of Telangana, 1ep. by its principal Secretary, power and Energy Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad-500022.

2. Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd., of Telanqana, rep. bv its Chairman and Managing Director, tVint Cbmpound, Hydera6ad. '

3. Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd., of Telangana, rep. by its Assistant Divisional Engineer (operational) Kondapur, Hyderabad

4. Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd., of Telangana, rep. by its Assistant Engineer (operational) Kondapur, Hyderabad.

5. Greater Hyderabad .Municipal Corporation, rep by its Commissioner, Serilingampally Zone, Hyderabad. .].RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus by declaring the action of the Respondents in not processing the applications for release of electricity connections to the petitioner's property bearing H. No. 't-9211i241619, on plot No. 9, admeasuring ';' 300 Sq. Yds or equivalent to 250.80 Sq. lVts in Sy. no. 41111, situated at Matha Bhuvaneshwari colony of khanamet Village, Serilingampally tr/andal, Rangareddy District as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and consequently direct the respondents to process applications; for providing electricity connections and to rerlease service connections with meters without any further delay. lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed n support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the Respondents to process applications for providirrg electricity connections and to release service connections with meters to the petitioner,s property bearing H. No. 1-9211/241619, on plot No. 9, admeasuring 300 Sq. yds or equivalent to i150.80 Sq. Mts in Sy. no. 4111 1, situate;d at Matha Bhuvaneshwari colorry of khanamet Village, Serilingampally, Mandal, Rangareddy District. Counsel for the Petitioner: M/s. NIKITA GOENKA Counsel forthe Respondent No.1: GP FOR ENERGY Counsel forthe Respondent No.2 to 4: SRI N.SREEDHAR REDDY, SC FOR TGSPDCL Counsel forthe Respondent No.5: SRI G.MADHUSUDHAN REDDY, SC FOR GHMC The Court made the following: ORDER 1- THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA I{ARTHIK W.P.No.9897 of 2025 ORDER: With the consent of both the parties, this writ petition is taken up for disposal at the stage of admission. 2 The writ petition is frled with the following prayer: "To issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particulady one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, by declaring the action of the Resplndents in not processing the applications for release of electricity connections to the petitioners_ property bearing H.No.l92/L /2416/9 on plol No.e admeasuring 300 Sq Yds or equivalent to 250 8O Sq Mts in Sy.No +f7tf situated aI Matha Bhuvaneshwari colony of Khanamet Village, Serilingampally Marrdal, Rangareddy District, as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and respondents to process applications for providing electricit5r connections and to release service connections with meters w.ithout any further delal/. "orr""qr..rtly-direct

3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Energr for respondent No. 1, Sri N.Sreedhar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for TGSpDCL for respondent Nos.2 to 4 and Sri G.Madhusudhajr Reddy, learned Standing Counsel appearing for Respondent No.5 ard perused the record. \

4. Today, when the matter is tal<en up, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the issue raised in the present writ petition is squarely covered by the order of this Court in f W.P.No.217l2 of 2023 dated 2.8.2023 and requested this Court to t t\ 2 pass similar ol'der in the present writ petition also The same is not seriously disp'rted by the learned Government Pleade: as well as learned Standing Counsel for the respondents' In vieu, of the above submissions and for the reasons alike in 5. the order of thLis Court in W'P'No 21 ll2of 2023 'lated 7 8 2023' this writ petition is disposed of d'irecting the respondents to consider the application d'ated, 27 .3.2025 submitted by the petitionels' for release of electricity connection to the petitioners propl3rty bearing H.No.192/ Ilrl,416lg on plot No'9 admeasuring 3OC' Sq Yds or equiva-lent to 2 50 80 Sq Mts in Sy' No 4 1 / 1 I situal ed at Matha BhuvaneshwaLri colony of Khalamet Vi1lage, Serilingampa1ly Mandal' Rangareddy District and pass appropriate ord'ers' in acr:ordalce with law, as expeclitiously as possible, preferably within a period of two weeks from tl:re date of receipt of a copy of this order, subject to the petitioner making necessary payment, as stipulated under the ElectricitY Act, 2023. Miscellaneous applicatior-rs, if ar-Ly, pen this writ Petit-io n stand closed SD'- P.CH.NA DEP GABH UTY R US AMBA E ISTRAR ,TRUE COPY// SECTTON FFTCER I!:",.:[:3:0,31,*..3?'fl?#b"::t3t.i!: , , Il}: :i?$a!# Mflit%?Hr?[:SlTr3s,?li35l Energv Departme:rt' secretariat' Power Distribution companv \ \

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6. One CC to M/s. NtKtTA GOENKA, Advocate tOpUCl 7. One CC to SRI N.SREEDHAR REDDY, SC FOR TGSPDCL tOpUCl 8. One CC to SRt G.MADHUSUDHAN REDDY, SC FOR GHMC tOpUCl n ly&r:3:0,?o3?1.o* ENERGY, Hish court for the stare of retangana at

10. Two CD Copies BSR d t , CC TODAY / {i;3; q 9L^ .r L) ii, 0 { riI r ?$E c 1lt1 * \- (/ -\-: A1? HIGH COURT DATED:0210412025 ORDER WP.No.9897 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION, WITHOUT COSTS 'C