HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR CONTEMPT CASE No.1681 of 2010 in W.P.M.P. No.13119 of 2005 in WRIT PETITION No.10097 of 2005 Date: July 06, 2011 Between: D. Shriramulu … Petitioner And 1. Assistant Divisional Engineer/ E.P.D.C. Operation, Kakinada Town, East Godavari District and 5 others. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR CONTEMPT CASE No.1681 of 2010 in W.P.M.P. No.13119 of 2005 in WRIT PETITION No.10097 of 2005 O R D E R: By order dated 27.4.2005 in W.P.M.P. No.13119 of 2005 in W.P. No.10097 of 2005, this Court granted interim stay of disconnection of power supply to the Service Connections bearing Nos.25195 and 25158 installed in Door No.3-16B-84/1, Vivekananda Street, Santhinagar, Kakinada, East Godavari District, subject to the condition that the petitioner deposits half of the demanded amount within two weeks. The petitioner filed the present contempt case alleging that the officials of the Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APEPDCL), came to his premises on 08.9.2010 and removed the service connection bearing No.25158 and there is no power supply to the said connection since then. 2. The Additional Assistant Engineer (Operations) (APEPDCL), Kakinada, the 6th respondent herein, filed a counter stating that the subject service connections were released in the name of one D. Vijaya Laxmi for domestic purpose, but were being utilized for commercial purpose resulting in a malpractice case being registered against the consumer. This led to the filing of W.P. No.10097 of 2005 wherein a conditional interim order was passed. However, as the consumption load was in excess of the contracted maximum demand (CMD) in respect of these two service connections and both the connections were obtained in one name contrary to the rules, it is stated that the consumer was advised to merge the two connections into one. Thereafter, Service Connection No.25158 is said to have been merged in Service Connection No.25195 on 25.8.2007 and the consumer is being supplied electricity through Service Connection No.25195 with the increased CMD of over 19 K.W. He stated that the billing in respect of Service Connection No.25158 was stopped from 29.9.2007 and that there was no disconnection of power supply to the said connection as alleged by the petitioner. He further stated that after merger of the service connections, the name of the consumer was also altered by substituting the name of D. Vijaya Laxmi with that of Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited. It is stated that the petitioner never raised any objection at any point of time while these developments took place. 3. In the light of the contents of the counter aforestated which remained un-rebutted, as the petitioner did not choose to file a reply, it is clear that no violation of the interim order granted by this Court on 27.4.2005 is made out warranting exercise of contempt jurisdiction. 4. The contempt case is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: July 06, 2011. BSB