IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH W.P. No.21436 of 2009 Between: Smt.V.Laksmi Bai and another … Petitioners And The A.P.C.P.D.C.L. Hyd., and another … Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH W.P. No.21436 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition has been filed seeking for issuance of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents in giving electricity direct connection from nearby pole to the petitioners H.No.3- 6-17/1, Boosareddyguda, Thokatta Village (Picket) Secunderabad, as illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and consequently to direct the respondents to give electricity connection directly from nearby pole to the petitioners. The case of the petitioners, in brief, is that the 2nd petitioner purchased house bearing No.3-6-170/1 in Survey No.67 (Old) and new Survey No.169/1, admeasuring 134 square yards situated at Boosareddyguda, Thokatta village (Picket) Secunderabad Cantonment from the 1st petitioner but the 2nd petitioner and her husband have not changed the customer name of electricity connection C2025489 from the name of the 1st petitioner and paying the bills regularly. It is submitted that the respondents had supplied the power connection to the consumers in the colony through the underground cable connection though the electrical poles were erected nearby their houses. Due to frequent repairs to the underground cable, the respondents are stopping the power supply, some times even for 3 to 4 days are taking to reactivate the power supply. In this regard, they have made several oral and telephone complaints to the respondents to rectify the defect, provide the power connection from poles directly, instead of through cable but the respondents are not considering their request, hence, the present writ petition. It is not the case of the petitioners that they have no electricity connection but they have the same through the underground cable. There are electricity poles nearby the petitioner’s house and on account of the repairs to be carried out by the respondents to the underground cable, the respondents are stopping the power supply, due to which, the petitioners are causing much inconvenience. Therefore, they need power connection through the nearby poles. It is for the authorities to provide power connection to the consumers in the manner in which they have to provide to all the consumers and it is not for the petitioners to chose the connection in their own manner. However, having regard to the difficulty experienced by the petitioners in getting the power connection through the underground cable, the petitioners seem to have made oral complaints to the respondents requesting them to provide the power supply through the nearest pole. No counter affidavit has been filed as to whether it is possible for the respondents to provide the power connection through the nearest pole. Therefore, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following direction: The petitioners are at liberty to make representation to the respondents seeking power connection in the manner in which they like, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, on making such representation, the respondents are directed to consider the same and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with law, within a period of three weeks thereafter. With the above direction, this writ petition is disposed of, at the threshold. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________________ JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH Date: 17.06.2010. LSK