IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 18TH DECEMBER 2009 / 27TH AGRAHAYANA 1931 WP(C).No. 34379 of 2009(N) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- P.K.RAJESH, S/O. KARUPPAN, PARAMBATHUKUDY HOUSE, NAYATHODE P.O., ANGAMALY. BY ADV. MR.M.SHAJU PURUSHOTHAMAN MR.K.S.RAJESH RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, VYDYUTHI BHAVAN, PATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER, KSEB, ELECTRICAL CIRCLE, PERUMBAVOOR. 3. THE ASST. ENGINEER, ELECTRICAL SECTION, KSEB, NORTH PARAVOOR. 4. THE SUB ENGINEER, ELECTRICAL SECTION, KSEB, NORTH PARAVOOR. BY ADV. MR.P.P.THAJUDEEN, SC, K.S.E.B FOR R1-3 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/12/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J ................................................ W.P(C) No. 34379 of 2009 ................................................. Dated this the 18th day of December, 2009 J U D G M E N T The petitioner runs a Software Development And Computer Training Centre in a leased premises being part of a shopping complex belonging to the North Paravur Municipality. He applied for an electricity connection to the centre. The petitioner's grievance is that for giving connection, the respondents are insisting on establishing a transformer for which the petitioner has to spend lakhs of rupees. According to him the condition is onerous and unsustainable. The standing counsel for the Kerala State Electricity Board submits that the electricity connection can be given only to the building as a whole and Regulations stipulate that when the connected load is 50 KV, an above, the applicant has to pay for a transformer, without which electricity connection cannot be given. According to him this is to safeguard the other consumers of the area from drop in village. It is further submitted that the Municipality is taking steps to establish a transformer in the building in question for the purpose of getting electricity W.P(C) No. 34379 of 2009 -2- connection and as soon as the transformer is established, the connection would be given to the petitioner on the petitioner paying the charges the petitioner is liable to pay in accordance with rules. In the above circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to give electricity connection to the building in question within two weeks from the date of establishment of the transformer, so that the petitioner can also enjoy the benefit of that connection, provided either the petitioner or the Municipality pays all charges due as per rules. sd/- S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE rhs // True copy // PA to Judge