HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE G. YETHIRAJULU W.P.No. 14157 of 2002 DATE: 31-01-2008 Between: K.S.R. Chandra Murthy ……………… Petitioner and 1. The A.P. Central Power Distribution Company Ltd rep by its Managing Director, Vidyuth Soudha Assistant Divisional Engineer (Electricity, APTRANSCO, Road No.1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad and another. ………….. Respondents HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE G. YETHIRAJULU W.P.No. 14157 of 2002 ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking to declare the action of the respondents in insisting for signature of the transferor in the transfer application form as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner purchased the property in question in a Court auction. He made an Application in a specific performance decree after obtaining sale deed by the Court. Though the ownership of the building was transferred in the name of the petitioner, the service connection provided by the respondents remained in the name of the previous owner. The respondents through the impugned letter insisting that the signature of the previous owner shall be obtained on the transfer application. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the previous owner is at loggerheads since the petitioner obtained a decree for specific performance against him and obtained the sale deed through the Court, therefore, it is not possible for the petitioner to obtain the signature of the previous owner on the transfer application. Hence, the respondents insisting for the signature of the previous owner on the transfer Application is illegal and arbitrary. At the time of filing of the writ petition, an interim direction was given on 09-08-2002 directing the respondents to transfer the service connection in favour of the petitioner. As the prayer in the main petition is also the same, no further orders need be passed in the writ petition. The interim order, dated 09-08-2002 shall be treated as the final order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ___________________ Dr. G. YETHIRAJULU, J Date:31-01-2008 YCR