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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETI TION NO: 16771 oF 2025 Between: fi/lanoalarapu Krishna Sai S/o M Laxman Aoed 25 Yrs' Occ Private 's'*!v.fo. Bb' Marthanda Nagar' New Service, R/o Plot ri"5T'fplrtl Hafeezpet, Serilingamia'lly tfr'fl' iiung' Reddy District' T S ...PETITIONER AND 1 2 3

4. 5 6 7 Director. The State of Telangana. Rep by its Principal Secretary Power and Energy il;r"d;;"ib; JiJiiii,i, Hvo'i'ab'ad -500022' I:',?,if; 3l'.31?lir,?f,'l'iT.i:ffiJ?:'J:tl;"*3"3f, Sllx'''|][lHf '"Y:U:il! The Superintending Engrneer, Telangana. State Southern Power Distribution ilil;l'y"'iil:i"i"ViJv,insi'o'nils"om'iisuda'Hvderabad' The Divisional Engineer, Operation Gachibowli' TGSPDCL TheAssistantDivisionalEngineer,operationChandanagar,TGSPDcL The Assistant Engineer, Operation Hafeezpet' TGSPDCL Greater Hvderabad tVlunicipal Corp-oration' Circle 20' Rep' by its Et'.iri'L.il,lili cnrrltc. serilinsampallv Zone' ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of lhe 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 decraring the action of the Respondents 2 to 6 in not receiving the application form and release the individual service connection to the petitioner, the Plot No 3'1 (Part)' in Survey No 80' admeasuring 225 Sq' Yards., situated at Marthanda Nagar' New Hafeezpet' Serilingampally (M)' Ranga Reddy District, T S , and bounded by North 40'ft Wide Road' South Plot No.32, East. Pl:t N<:.11, West. 40'ft Wide Road , as illegal, rull void' arbitrary and consequently rli erct the respondents to receive app icat'on rtnd to release the individual s.lr.,rc{, connection without being influenceri by the instructions of the 7th respondern t. lA NO: 1 OF 201'.5 Petition Lrn.ler ljection 'l 51 CPC praying that in the circum stances stated in the affidavit lile:d I support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direit the Respond,) 1ts 2 to 6 to receive the applicatiort an d release the individual servi()e crnnection to the petitioner' the Plot t'Io.31 rPart)' in Survey No.80, admear;urirr 225 Sq. Yards., situated at lvl;arth;rnda Nagar' New Hafeezpet, Serilirg:rrpally (I/), Ranga Reddy District, T S ard bounded by North: 40'ft Wide F,-,ad: South: Plot No'32; East: Plot No 1', W=st: 40'ft Wide Road. Counsel for ther Freli:ioner: SMT THAKUR ROOPA SINGH Counsel for ther Fle:: londent No.1: GP FOR ENERGY Counsel for ther Fles rondent No.2 to 6: SRI N.SREEDHAR REDD\'' SC FOR SPDCL Counsel for the Fle:; condent No.7: SRI G.MADHUSUDHAN R]:DD Y, SC FOR GHMC The Court made thrl following: ORDER THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK 1VRIT PETITION No.1 6771 oF 2025 ORDER: This Writ Petition ts tiled, under Article 226 of tl:,e Constitution of lndia, seeking the foilowing relief: "f "iptication uo'nain'u: a""toan't tlte 'tctron "-.-to issue an appropnate wiL, or(ler or dLrect@n more parlia'tlarlA one in the oJ the Respondents 2 to 6 n not notur"""f ii 'iJia"i form "'l'i "i""u rhe n<liui<lual seruice connection to the in" net ioner, lle PIol No.3t (Pot1},.in Sunt ll No.iU. odt,lcosui.ng 225 Sq. Yurds., u.i,'i/r"*l)' ;,"iir,,;;,do r,rng,,.'i"u, Hn[e."pet. se:itnsampotts (M)' Ronsa RPddu i.s.,;;, uounai-a t'v rvi'tn' <o'fi wiae Rood: south: Ptot No's2; Dast: ;;;; ' as illegal' .tt'rtll' uoid' drbitrarlJ dnd Plot No.l1; West: 4o'ft Wtlt to re'cetue'applic'ttio and to reledse the cotseqlterLtly direcL tlle '"tpo^at'ii t'ti''n irtJlueictzrt ba the instfltctions of lhe indiuidual se-ruice connectton "iiii' vh respondent and lo Pass'- " "pi"A

2. Heard Smt.Thakur RooPa Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner; learned Government Pleader for Energr for respondent No.1; Sri N.Sreedhar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for SouthernPowerDistributionCompanyofTelanganaLimited,for respondent Nos.2 to 6; and Sri G'Madhusudhan Reddy' learned StandingCounselforGreaterHyderabadMunicipalCorporation, for respondent No.7. With their consent' this Writ Petition is taken up for disposal at the admission stage itself' Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the subject 3. matter of this writ Petition is squarely covered by the order of this Court in W.P.No.32614 of 2O15, d-ated' 18'12'2O15' and requested this Court to pass similar order in the present Writ Petition also' .> PK,J \.p )6771 2025 The sarn, n ot seriously dispute d by the L::rrr ccl . lovernment Pleadcr a.. ,, : I as learnecl Standing Counsel for thc rcsl ,ondents

4. Ir \ c., cl'the above submissions and for lhc rcirs rr_rs alike in the orrle r' this Court in W.p.No.32614 o_. 2(r15, dated 18.12.21)1:, his Writ petition is disposed ol. pcrrltting the petitiont:r 1l llls 2, online application seekin5l clcctri :ity service connectio| rr the petitioner,s subject premises i.c., thc plot No.31 (Part), irL il- \ elr No.80, admeasuring 22s Sq. yarrrs.. situated at Marthandr, i.Lrgar, New Hafeezpet, Serilinganrpallr (M), Ranga Rcddy Dis,; ir t, Telangana State , within a pcrir,cl ct. r,ne (1) r,r.cek from thc cr t, r lf reccipt of the copy of this order. t_rp _rr receipt of strch an a|p.r;ation, respondent Nos.2 to 6 are drrecte<r o consider Lhe said a 11;) r'atior-r of the petitioner for rereas,: of lrrc erectricity po\\:er supr,l', tt the petitioner,s subject propertv s,ir,iirr r pcriod of two (2) u,er <:, thcreafter. It is however observed lher rl r _sltondcnt Nos.2 to 6 pir.;s orders on petitioner,s applicatior-r grarting release of the elect 'rC tr pourer supply to the petitioner,s su t-]e,:l property, the same sltr. L be subject to further direction tt at rn:rv be issued b1' the S,t: tr: ,rf Telangana or the Hon,ble Atrrcx Court in the litigation 1re. ling before it arising out of trrc ,rc er dated 12.o9.2o12 p, ;sed in writ petition No.2o4o7 of 2()08 iLrcr batch. 3 PK,J Wp 16771 2025 Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. I There shall be no order as to costs. //TRUE COPY// SD/.S, MALLIKARJUNA RAO ISTAN T REGISTRAR SECTION OFFICER To, 1 2 3 4 5 b 7 The Principal secretary, Power and Energy Department' secretariat' Hvi"ranla,'s"te of Telahgana -500022' The Chairman-cum-t\Ianaging Director' Telangana State Southern Power Distribution companv Li*'tJilvilv'iri"s'"'dh;' Somaj ig uda' Hvderabad r D i stri b u ti o n r h e s u p e ri n te n d i n s. E n s i n ee r, CompanY Limited, VidYuth I The Divisional Engineer, Operation Gachibowli' TGSPDCL TheAssistantDivisionalEngineer'operationChandanagar,TGSPDCL The Assistant Engineer, Operation Hafeezpet' TGSPDCL The commissioner, GHMC, Greater Hyderabad Municipal corporation' circle 20, SerilingamPallY Zone' .r."j: Bnoffi ;,je:: ffJ:i:t: I "we

8. One CC to SMT THAKUR ROOPA SINGH' Advocate [OPUC] 9. One CC to SRI N SREEDHAR REDDY' SC FOR SPDCL IOPUCI 10 One CC to SRI G MADHUSUDHAN REDDY' SC FOR GHMC [OPUC] 1'1 .Two CCs to GP FOR ENERGY' High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad [OUT]

12. Two CD CoPies BSR BS w HIGH COL'ItT DATED:18/106fz025 C::C fOrO" ORDER WP.No.167',11 of 2025 4 R ri l-,\ Ca Cl ,, I ru'( 7U6 +l * :,-(: ..',. ,-,-. ..- |.7:- DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION, WITHOUT CO$TS \ ,.'e.A <(9Y \qr-- <-.$\P