HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.28224 of 2011 Date : 2-12-2011 Between: Gadde Rama Krishna .. Petitioner And The Divisional Engineer, Operation APEPDCL, Jangareddygudem, West Godavari District and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioner : Sri P.R.K. Amarendra Kumar Counsel for respondents : None appeared The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not accepting the estimate amount of Rs.25,342/- for release of agricultural service connection in favour of the petitioner as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner is an agriculturist of Reddiganapavaram village, Buttaigudem Mandal, West Godavari District, which is an Agency area. He applied for release of agricultural service connection for irrigating his lands of Ac.10-00 in Sy.Nos.277 and 441 of the said village. Respondent No.3, who prepared an estimate of Rs.25,342/-, has addressed letter L.R.No.MGR/CSC/JRG/Indimation/D.No.180, dated 8-3-2011 to the petitioner for payment of the said amount within six months from the date of receipt of the said proceedings. The petitioner averred that due to his ﬁnancial problems, he could not pay the said amount within the stipulated time and that after pooling the money, when he approached respondent No.3 with a request to receive the same, he declined to receive the same on the ground that the time stipulated in the letter dated 8-3-2011 has expired. No counter-aﬃdavit is ﬁled inspite of adjourning the case more than once. In the absence of any counter-aﬃdavit, it is reasonable to presume that the only ground on which respondent No.3 is declining to receive the estimate amount from the petitioner is expiry of the time limit of six months. Having regard to the plea of the petitioner that due to ﬁnancial problems, he could not deposit the estimate amount within the stipulated time, this Court is of the opinion that serious hardship will be caused to the interests of the petitioner if the agricultural service connection is denied to him on the ground of belated payment of the estimate amount. In this view of the matter, the petitioner is permitted to pay the estimate amount of Rs.25,342/- within a period of two weeks from today. Immediately on receipt of the amount by respondent No.3, the respondents shall process the petitioner’s application and release the service connection without avoidable delay. Subject to the above directions, the Writ Petition is allowed. As a sequel, WPMP No.34843/2011 is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy Date : 2-12-2011 AM