THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU CONTEMPT CASE No.640 of 2009 ORDER: This contempt case is filed complaining willful disobedience on the part of the respondents in complying with the order dated 01.12.2008 passed by this Court in W.P.M.P.No.26770 of 2008 in W.P.No.20497 of 2008, whereunder the respondents were directed to consider restoring service connection sanctioned in favour of petitioner at Peddagudem village and purported to have been shifted to Peddagudem X Roads, provided petitioner bears the expenditure for erect poles and wires, as per law, and pass appropriate orders within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of the order. A detailed counter affidavit has been filed by respondent No.1, wherein it is asserted that in pursuance of the orders of this Court, the petitioner was personally informed in the second week of January, 2009 with regard to the estimate for laying the poles and wires in order to provide electricity to his residential house, and that they tried to handover a copy of the said estimate details to the petitioner, but however the petitioner refused to take it and, therefore, the same was sent by speed post on 28.01.2009. As seen from the endorsement made by the postal authorities on the postal acknowledgement of the petitioner, which is placed before this Court, it is evident that the petitioner refused to receive the letter of estimate details sent by the respondents on several occasions. Today, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that to have electricity connection to a residential house is a fundamental right and not providing such electricity connection is a gross violation of human rights. The said aspects of the learned counsel for the petitioner cannot be gone into by this Court in a contempt case like this, as the scope of the contempt case is very limited. Since the respondents have asserted and placed evidence to show that the petitioner refused to receive the letter sent by them requesting the petitioner to bear the expenditure for erecting the poles and wires for giving electricity connection as sought by him, it cannot be said that they have disobeyed the orders of this Court. Thus, nothing survives in this contempt case for further adjudication and the contempt case is liable to be closed. Accordingly, the contempt case is closed. However, the respondents are directed to send a detailed estimation of the expenditure that would be incurred in erection of the poles and wires for giving electricity connection to the residential house of the petitioner and, if the petitioner complies with the same, it is always open for the respondents to provide electricity connection to the residential house of the petitioner. _____________ C.V.RAMULU,J 04.11.2009 v v