M/ s. Vinayaka Modern Rice Mills v. '1 The State of Telangana

Petition under Article 226 o{ the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order oi Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of fulandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not grahling electricity connection lo the petitionbr rice mill after receipt of the payment of Rs-10,37'080^ received through NEFT/RGS SBI A/c No. 52194240079 and after receipt of tfe said payment dated 01 .06.2024, ill date. the respondents did not provide the electriqity connection to the petitioner rice mill by keep on pending the application due to which, the petitioner dtd not run his rice mill for the last one year due to which the petitioner occurred huge loss. is highly illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and also violatrve of Articles 14, 19' 21 and 300-A of constitution of lndia and consequently direct the respondents to provide the electricity connection to the petitioner rice mill immediately by consrdering the representation daled 17 02.2025 of the petitioner in the interest of lustice lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPQ praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the Hish Court may be pleased to Direct the respondqnt to grant / provide the electrigity con[ectign to the petitipner rice mill i.e., H No. 221t41212, ?22A, Main Road, Somqram Village, Saidapur Mandal, Karimnpgar District by considering lhe representation dated 17 02.2025 of the petitioner, pgnding disposal of the n;ain writ pefition Counsel for thg Petitioner: SB!. KQTAGIBI IBEEDHAR Counsel for the RespondBnt Ng.1: AP FqB ENEBFY Counssl for the Respondont Nos.? t9 6:SBt A:CH4NQRA SEKHAR Sc FpR NPDCL The Court made thg followinq; OBOEB THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETITION No. 1O926 OF 2025 ORDER: With the consent of both the parties, this Writ Petition is taken up for disposal at the admission stage itself.

2. This Writ Petition is filed, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the lollowing relief: '...ro is-sue a Wit, Order or Direction nrcre parltcul<trllJ or? ot tlLe rnture ol Wnt of Mandetnus, declanng ttrc action of Ilrc respondc'nls it ttol qrtutting eleclicit! connection to the pelitioner i<:e mill after recei)l ol tle pey e of Rs.1O,37,OBO/- receiued througlt NEFT/L<is Stsl A/c No.5)1942.1OO79 and aller receipt of the said pag ent dated oI.06.2024, till datc, ,/re res/ron(1ents did not prouide the electicity connectiotl to the petitioner nce ttill bll keep o pending tlte epplication due to LulLich, th<, petitiotter did ttol rut1 ll|s n..t nill for the lc.st one gear due to ullich tlrc petitioner occurretl ltuqe loss, is ligll.rT illegdl, drbitrdry and egairlst tte pinciples ofnel ral justk:c otd also riolattue of Articles 14, 19, 21 and 3OO-A of Constrtutio| of hrtl(t arrcL c.,t$r'quetltllJ direct the respondents to proui.le the electicitu connection to lhe pelilkner ri.c. mill imnlediotelg bg consideing the represertteliot dated 17.o2.2O25 of tl]" pelitioner in the interest ofjustice and to poss-.."

3. Heard Sri Kotagiri Sreedhar, learned counsel for the petitioner; learned Government Pleader for Enerry for respondent No.1; Sri A.Chandra Sekhar, learned Standing Counsel for Northern Power Distribution Company ol Telangana Limitecl, for respondent Nos.2 to 6

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the partner of M/ s.Vinayaka Modern Rice Mills and she made an application before the respondents lor providing electricity connection to the above rice mill and after verification, the 2 P(.J lvp 1()926 2025 respondents issued an estimated letter, dated O1.06.2024, granting por,r,er supph, under TSI pass and directed the petitioner to pay an amount of Rs. 1O,37,08O. 10 paise for providing and allotment of the pou,er supph to the petitioner's rice milt. Consequently, the petitione r pa id the said amount on 30 .O9 .2024 through SBI. Horvever, the respondents have not provided/granted the power conncction to the petitioner's rice mill so far and when the petitioner approached the respondents, they have dodged the matter on onc pretext or the other. Therefore, learned counsel pravs this Court to direct the respondents to grant/provide electricity con ne ction to the petitioner's rice mill.

5. Learned Standing Counsel for respondent Nos.2 to 6, basing on the coun t(:r affidavit, submits that respondent No.5, addressed lettcr, datecl ,J5.O2.2025, to the petitioner inforrning that the right of way problem (ROW) aroused for extension of power supply to the petitioner's rir:e mill and the work is held up. Therefore, requested to submit conse n t to revise the estimate as per the field condition to complete thc rvork.

6. Having rcgard to thc submissions made by learned counsel for the respet:tive parties, this Writ Petition is disposed ol directing the pctitioncr to furnish her consent for revising the estimate. Upon receipt o[ such consent, the respondents are directed to 3 lu .l up 10926 2{)2; provide/grant electricity connection to the petitioner's rice mill i.e., H.No.22l/A/2/2, 222A, Main Road, Somaram Village, Saidapur Mandal, Karimnagar District, in accordance u,ith lau,; as expeditiously as possible. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs. //TRUE COPY// SD/.K. AMMAJI EPUTY REGISTRAR SECTION OFFICE R To, Company Ltd Sridhapur' Karimnagar utstnct

1. The Principal Secretary, Energy Department Secre riat, Hyderabad 2 The Managing Dlrector..Northern Power Distribution Company Ltd ' Vidyut - atiirl" ruikk"alagutta, Hjnamkonda Warangal District 3 The Assistant Enqlneer, Operations) The Northern Power Distribution - 4 The Assistant Divisional Engineer' (Operations) Thello.rthern Power ' oilt,iui,ii"ii'C;ii,;;t Ltd ' Huzuratiad' Karimnasar District 5 The Divisional Engineer, Operations) The Northern Power Distribution " 6 The Superintending Engineer' (Qperations) The Northern Power Distribution CompanV Ltd.. Hulurabad, Karimnagar utstrtct ComPanY Ltd., Karimnagar T QneCC to SRl. KOTAGIRI SREEDHAR AdvQcate [OPUC] B. one CC to $Rl A QHANDRA QEKHAB-SC FQR NPDCL [oPtlC] 9 Two Cgq to GP FQR ENERGY ,High Court far tho State of Telangana [OUT] 10.Two CD CoPies KKS ?l.r( l HIGH COURT DATED:1710412025 I I I -IFiE S r.l t- I 23 fiAY 2W (i\( > 2 I 'i i,ts P4TcH EO * ORDER WP.No.10926 ot 2025 DISPOSING THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS 8Mq zo\6 \><