THE HONBLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.7927 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: The petitioner herein claims to be the owner and possessor of the house bearing No.11-13-116/21/2 at Plot No.55 of R. Margadarsi Colony, R.K. Puram, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, having purchased the same under a registered sale deed dated 24.01.2008. Subsequently, on 27.2.2008 the premises was provided power supply vide service connection No.1220. While so, without any prior notice or proceedings, the said service connection was disconnected by the respondents 4 and 5 herein. On enquiry, the petitioner came to know that the disconnection of power supply was at the instance of the respondent No.7 herein, who is a stranger. Hence, the present writ petition seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents 4 and 5 is arbitrary and illegal and also seeking a direction for restoration of power supply. This Court while directing rule nisi, by order dated 18.04.2008 in W.P.M.P.No.10425 of 2008 ordered restoration of power supply making it clear that the same will not preclude the respondents 4 and 5 from initiating fresh action after notice to the petitioner. In the counter-aﬃdavit ﬁled on behalf of respondents 4 and 5, the fact that before disconnecting the power supply, the petitioner was not put on notice is not disputed. However, the 7th respondent ﬁled a detailed counter-aﬃdavit claiming title in respect of the property in question and justifying the impugned disconnection of power supply. Heard both sides. Since, admittedly, disconnection of power supply by the respondents 4 and 5 was not preceded by any notice or enquiry, the impugned action is liable to be declared as arbitrary and illegal on that ground alone. It is also relevant to note that by virtue of the interim order granted by this Court dated 18.04.2008 in W.P.M.P.No.10425 of 2008, power supply has already been restored to the premises in question. In the circumstances, without going into the rival claims made by the petitioner and the 7th respondent with regard to the premises in question, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents 4 and 5 to issue notice to the petitioner as well as the 7th respondent herein and after due enquiry pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such enquiry is made and appropriate orders are passed, the power supply to the premises in question shall be not disconnected. No costs. 24.09.2008. Kgr IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.7927 of 2008 Between: T. Ravinder Rao, S/o. Venkata Rao. R/o. Tanoor Village, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of AP Rep by its Secretary, Power & Energy Dept., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The AP TRANSCO Limited, Rep by its Chief Manager, Vidyuth Soudha, Hyderabad. 3 The Deputy Commissioner, LB Nagar Circle, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, At Saroornagar. 4 The Divisional Engineer, AP TRANSCO Limited, Saroornagar Division, R.R. District at Saroornagar. 5 The Asst. Engineer (O&P), AP TRANSCO Limited, R.K. Puram, Hyderabad. 6 The S.H.O. Saroornagar P.S. Cyberabad at Saroornagar, Hyderabad. 7 K. Shiva Reddy, S/o. K.c. Timma Reddy, H.No. 3-4-873/2, Barkatpura, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any appropriate writ, order or direction preferably one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus under Article 226 of the constitution of India declaring the action of the respondents No. 4 and 5 herein in conﬁscating the domestic supply meter bearing 1220 against the registration No. CN 92423023 dt. 27-2-2008 installed at Premises bearing No. 11-13-116/21/2 at Plot No. 55 of R. Margadarsi Colony, R.K. Puram, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District as being illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory, violative of the right to life and enshrined Article 14, 15, 16, 19 & 21 of the constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents 1 and 2 to take straight action against the respondents No. 4 & 5 for showing disobedience to the law of the land and pay suitable compensation for the humiliation sustained by the petitioner and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr. S.TULASI DAS Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENERGY The Court made the following: