1. B. Janaki Ammal v. The State of Telangana
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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 a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of [Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents 2 to 6 in not release the Electricity Power supply service connection to the petitioners house property, i.e., House N,l.2-1slP18 and glAll Plot Nos.8, Plot no.g Southern and Plot No. g Northern, in Survey No. 339, admeasuring 661 Sq. yards, situated at Raghavendra Nagar colony, Ragannaguda Village, Turkayamjal [Vlunicipality, Ranga Reddy District, as illegal, null, void, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents No. 2 to 6, to release the Electricity Power supply service connection to the petitioner's house property without insisting the occupancy certificate fronr the 7th respondent municipality. IA NO: 1OF 2r)25 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the Respondents 2 to 6, to release the Electricity Power supply service connection to the petitioners house property. i.e., House No.2-1 SIPIB and gtAll Plot Nos.8, Plot no.9 Southern and Plot No. g Northern, in Survey No. 339, admeasuring 661 Sq. yards, situated at Raghavendra Nagar colony, Ragannaguda Village, Turkayamjal tMunicipality, Ranga Reddy District, without insisting the o<:cupancy certificate from the 7th respondent municipality pending disposal of the above writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI YADATAH BODDUpALLy Counsel for the Respondent No.1: GP FOR ENERGY Counselfor ther Respondent No.2 to 6: SRI N.SREEDHAR REDDY, SC FOR TGSPDCL counselfor the Respondent No.7: sRt LAXMAIAH KUCHARI, sc FoR McpL The Court made the following: ORDER :ril THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAI{A WRIT PETITION No.32986 OF 2025 ORDER: Petitioner seeks a direction to respondent Nos.2 to 6 to receive the application form and release individual service connections to their property i.e., H.No.2-L5/P/8 and 9lAl1 Plot Nos.8, Plot No.9 Southern and Plot No.9 Northern, in Survey No.339, admeasuring 661 Square Yards, situated at Raghavendra Nagar Colony, Ragannaguda Village, Turkayamjal Municipality, Ranga Reddy District, rvithout insisting the occupancy certificate from the 7th respondent municipality. 2'. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Energi on behalf of Respondent No. 1, Sri N. Sreedhar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for TGSPDCL on behalf of Respondents 2 to 6 and Sri Laxmaiah Kuchari, learned Standing Counsel for Respondent No.7 - Turkayamjal Muncipality, Ranga Reddy District.
3. Mr. Yadaiah Boddupally, learned counsel for p",iaio.r.., submits that in somewhat similar circumstances, while dealing with Writ Petition No. 20121 of 2025, this Court by order dt.L4.O7.2O25 directed the respondents authorities therein to release the service connection, subject to the compliance of the statutory requirements by the petitioner therein, and hence, 2 requesl.ed this Court to pass similar order in the present Writ Petitior: also.
4. Recentlv, the Hon'ble Supremc Court in RcrT'endra Kumar Barjatlla u. U.P. Auas Eaam Vikas Parishadl, in the larger public intcrest, issued directions in aldd.ition to the directives issued in ,lie: Directiorts in the ntatter of demolition of structures. Rclevant for thc purpose of this case are: "( v) AII the ncccssary service connec[ions, such as, E.ectricity, urater supply, se\rrerage connectiolt, ctc., strall be given by the service provider / Board to the btrildings onl-r,, after thc production of rhc complction / cccr.rpation certificate. (") Even after issuance of completion certificate, deviation / violation if any contrary to Lhc planning permission brought to the notice of the authority immecliate steps be taken by the said authority concerned, in aCcordance with law, against the buildcr / ovt,ner / occupant; and the official, u,ho is re:;ponsible for issuance of wrongful completion / occupation certificate shall bc proceeded de :artmentally forthwith. (vi) No permission / licence to conduct any business / trade must be given by any authorities including local botlies of States /Union Territories in any un,a.uthorised building irrespective of it being residential or commercial building. ' zoz+ SCC C,nline SC 3761 3 (vii) The development must be in conformity with the zonal plan land usage. Any modification to such zonal planandusagemustbetakenbystrict$following the rules in place land in consideration of the larger public interest and the impact on the environment"'
5. Since the prayer of petitioner is to receive the application form and release individual service connections, this Court without going into merits of the matter, directs the respondents to receive the applications of petitioner and release individual service connections to the subject property, subject to petitioner complying with the directions issued by the Hon'ble Supreme court in Rajendra Kumar Bariatga's case (supra) and the statutory requirements prescribed by the local authorities'
6. The writ Petition is accordingly, disposed of. No costs 7 Consequently, miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed SD/. A.SRINIVASA REDDY ASSISTANT REGISTRAR NOTE:- That the name of the counsel for the petitioners in Para No.3 of the order dt. 31 .10.2025 in W.P.No.32986 of 2025 is wrongly read as "Ms. Nikita Goenka" instead of "Mr. Yadaiah Boddupally" and the same is corrected as per the orders of the Hon'ble Court dt. 10.1 1.2025 in l.A.No.2 of 2O25. This amended order shall substitute the earlier order which has already been dispatched on 04.11.202s. To, //TRUE COPY// A.SRINIVASA REDDY ISTANT REGIS SECTION OFFICER
1. The Principal Secretary Power and Ene Hyderabad, State of Telangana-500022. Department Secretariat,
2. The Chairman-cum-fi/anaging Director, Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited, Vidyuth Soudha, Somajiguda; Hyderabad. 3. The Superintending Engineer, Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited, Saroor Nagar, Ranga Reddy District. ,
9. 10 11 The Divisional Engineer, Operation, lbrahimpatnam, TGSPDCL, Ranga Reddy [)istrict The Asst. Divisional Engineer, Operation Turkayamjal, TGSPDCL, Ranga Reddy [)istrict. The Assistant Engineer, Turkayamjal, Ranga Reddy District. The Cornmissioner, Turkayamjal lVuncipality, Ranga Reddy District. One CC to SRI YADAIAH BODDUPALLY, Advocate [OPUC] One CC to SRI N.SREEDHAR REDDY, SC FOR TGSPDCL [OPUC] One CC to SRI LAXMAIAH KUCHARI, SC FOR IVCPL [OPUC] Two ccs to GP FoR ENERGY, High court for the State of relangana at Hyderabad [OUT] Two CD Copies t12iw BSR HIGH CCIURT DATED i 3111012025 '10111t2025 ? lHE S 0 5 'l'.q 2f}76 * * I / AMENDED ORDER WP.No.31!986 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION, WITHOUT COSTS 1