THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3413 of 2011 Dated 15th February, 2011 Between: B.Narsingh Prasad …Petitioner And Central Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Ltd., rep.by its Divisional Engineer, Operation/Distribution-VI City-II, Azamabad, APCPDCL and another …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Pramod Singh Counsel for respondents: Sri O.Manohar Reddy The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in installing separate meters to the petitioner’s premises bearing D.No.1-6-219/3/13, Parsigutta, Hyderabad, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner sought for a consequential direction to the respondents to consider his representation, dated 07.02.2011, for installation of separate electricity meters. I have heard Sri Pramod Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. Under the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003, the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (for short ‘the Commission’) has constituted alternative fora for redressal of the consumer grievances. One such forum is Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum constituted for respondent No.1. If any consumer feels aggrieved by the licensee’s action in connection with the supply of electricity, he can approach the said forum. If he fails to get relief before the said forum, he can also approach Vidyut Ombudsman, which is another forum created by the Commission. In view of availability of these effective alternative remedies, I am not inclined to entertain this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed, without going into the merits of the case, with liberty to the petitioner to avail the remedies before the fora indicated above. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.4226 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 15th February, 2011 VGB