IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 20389 of 2009 Between: Uppuchintala Venkata Ramana and others . .Petitioners And The Tahsildar, Valmikipuram mandal and another .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO.20389 OF 2009 ORDER: The petitioner filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in removing the Agricultural Electricity Service Connections to bore wells bearing ASC Nos.99, 279, 118, 131, 101, 197, 351, 572 and 537 situated in S.Nos.999 and 1022 of Fatehpuram, H/o.Valmikipuram village and Mandal, Chittoor District as illegal, unjust and in violation of principles of natural justice. 2) The grievance of the petitioners is that without initiating any action such as issuance of notice etc., the respondent authorities are making efforts to remove the agricultural electricity service connections to the bore well bearing ASC Nos.99, 279, 118, 131, 101, 197, 351, 572 and 537 situated in S.Nos.999 and 1022 of Fatehpuram, H/o.Valmikipuram village and Mandal, Chittoor District and hence, they approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 3) On instructions, the standing counsel submitted that no notice has been given to the petitioners and on the basis of the instructions received from Tahsildar, the 1st respondent herein, the said action has beein initiated. In the light of the said submissions, this Court has no hesitation to come to the conclusion that the said action in trying to remove the agricultural service connections of the petitioners is contrary to law. 4) Accordingly, this Writ Petition is allowed and the respondents are hereby directed not to remove the agricultural electricity service connections without following due process of law. As it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the service connections are already removed, the respondent authorities are hereby directed to restore the said service connections forthwith. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J September 24, 2009 KSH