IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 20884 of 2009 Between: Godi Gangadhara Rao . .Petitioner And The Divisional Engineer (Operation), A.P.E.P.D.C.L., Kakinada and others. .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO.20884 OF 2009 ORDER: The petitioner filed the Writ Petition seeking a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 1 and 2 in not taking any action in pursuance of the proceedings of the respondents 3 and 4 dated 12.12.2008 and 22.01.2009 providing service connection No.410112486 to the D.No.32-8-23, Rajaji Street, Kakinada which is not in existence as illegal, arbitrary and unjust and consequently direct the respondents 1 and 2 to disconnect the service connection No.4101 12486 to the D.No.32-8-23, Rajaji Street, Kakinada which is not in existence. 2) The brief facts are that the petitioner purchased 1st floor portion of the house property bearing D.No.38-1-1/A situated at Rajaji Street, Cinema Road, Kakinada vide registered sale deed dated 24.08.2005 and the Municipal authorities mutated his name in the municipal records. However, the tenant by misrepresenting that the premises purchased by the petitioner as D.No.32-8-23 instead of 38-1- 1/A obtained service connection from the respondents in the year 2000 in the name of the wife of the petitioner’s vendor. 3) Coming to know of the same, the petitioner approached the 4th respondent and submitted a representation on 08.12.2008 by enclosing all the materials regarding the service connection etc., Though the 3rd respondent addressed a letter to the 1st respondent, as the 1st respondent has not initiated any action the petitioner approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 4) Now, that the 3rd respondent acted on the representation of the petitioner and addressed a letter to the 1st respondent, the 1st respondent is hereby directed to look into the matter and pass appropriate orders within a period of eight(8) weeks from today. While doing the said exercise, it is needless to observe that the 1st respondent shall put the affected party on notice. 5) With the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. No costs. ________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J September 25, 2009 KSH