IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 3358 OF 2010 Between: Kovvuri Satyanarayana Reddy ..... PETITIONER AND The A.P.Eastern Power Distribution Co. Ltd., Visakhapatnam, rep. by it's the Superintending Engineer, Operation circle APEPDCL, Vidyut sakha bhavan, Godavari bund, Rajahmundry (PO) E.G. District and another .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: Counsel for the Respondents: The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 3358 of 2010 ORDER : The petitioner is the Managing Partner of Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Boiled and Raw rice mill at Vemulapalli village. The said rice mill was established in the year 2000 and was granted electricity Service Connection No.810 under L.T. Category III. The petitioner made an application for conversion of the existing L.T. Category III Service Connection to H.T. Service Connection. The 1st respondent refused to consider the petitioner’s request and by letter dated 16.01.2010 the petitioner was informed that as a case of pilferage of energy was pending on the existing L.T. Service Connection, unless a clearance certificate was produced from the Assistant Accounts Officer, ERO, R.C.Puram certifying payment of all the pending arrears, his application would not be processed. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed. I have heard the learned counsel for both the parties and perused the material available on record. Admittedly, the liability of the petitioner with regard to the pilferage of energy is the subject matter of A.S.No.449 of 2006 pending on the file of this Court. It is also brought to my notice by the learned counsel for the petitioner that interim stay dated 05.09.2006, granted by this Court in A.S.M.P.No.1711 of 2006 in A.S.M.P.No.1516 of 2006 in A.S.No.449 of 2006, is in operation as on today. In the circumstances, the order of the 1st respondent dated 16.01.2010 cannot be sustained. Accordingly, the said order is hereby set aside and the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the 1st respondent to reconsider the petitioner’s request for conversion of the existing L.T. Category III Service Connection to H.T. Service connection, and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of this order. No costs. _____________ G. ROHINI, J. Date: 17.02.2010 Note: Issue CC within one week. (B/O) Ivd