THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY W.P.No.22845 of 1994 Dt. 24-02-2006 Between: 1.Erramanzil Colony Residents Association rep. by the President, V.Rajamallaiah. ..Petitioners. and 1.Govt. of A.P. rep. by the Secretary, Transport, Roads and Buildings Department Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. ..Respondents. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY W.P.No.22845 of 1994 Oral Order: Erramanzil Colony Residents Association filed this writ petition seeking a Mandamus to the Executive Engineer, Hyderabad to take action in accordance with paragraph-3 of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board Proceedings No.15 (Administration wing) dated 26-12-1991 and direct the respondents 1 and 2 to fix the water meters to the flats of Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. The above writ petition came to be filed pursuant to disposal of W.P.No.3938 of 1994 and batch dated 20-10-1994 wherein a Division Bench upheld the fixation of the charges and directed the Executive Engineer to act in accordance with para-3 of the Board Proceedings which reads as under: The Executive Engineer shall take action to serve the notice on consumers having unmetered connection specifying a time period of three months to get the meter fixed. Failure to do so, the Executive engineer shall intimate to the consumer/concerned officer in the case of Government building about fixing of the meter by the board and collection of charges through water bills.” The 3rd respondent—Board filed a counter stating that as per Section 36 of the HMWSSB Act every owner or occupier of the premises having or seeking water supply connection from the Board shall provide at his own cost a water meter and attach the same to the service pipe and in the light of the Division Bench judgment the Board has undertaken the work of fixing water meters to each Government Quarter at Erramanzil Colony through General Manager (Engg.) World Bank Construction Division No.4 and notices have been served to the most of the occupants of the Government Quarters. In view of the same, if the meters are not already fixed occupants of the quarters can apply for the HMWSSB for fixation of the meters. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _______________ A.GOPAL REDDY,J. 24-02-2006 Murthy