THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.S. APPA RAO WRIT APPEAL No.721 of 2011 JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy) This intra-Court appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent is directed against the order dated 21.08.2011 passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P.No.23588 of 2011, whereby the learned Single Judge while disposing of the writ petition stayed all further proceedings in pursuance of the letter dated 20.08.2003 impugned therein, pending adjudication of the application for stay already filed by the writ petitioner in I.A.No.17 of 2009 in O.P.No.39 of 2009 before the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission- third respondent herein. Heard the learned counsel for the appellants as well as the learned counsel for respondents 1 and 3. It is not in dispute that the letter dated 20.08.2003 has been issued by the appellants to deduct/adjust the amount claimed by the appellant Corporation from the monthly energy bills of the writ petitioner pending disposal of O.P.No.39 of 2009 by the third respondent herein and that questioning the said letter dated 20.08.2003, the writ petitioner earlier filed W.P.No.18165 of 2003 and obtained interim stay on 28.08.2003. Thereafter, the learned Single Judge, while dismissing the said writ petition as withdrawn, on 09.06.2009, extended the interim stay granted on 28.08.2003 for a period of six weeks, so as to enable the writ petitioner to obtain appropriate orders from the competent Court. On withdrawing the said writ petition, the writ petitioner filed the above O.P.No.39 of 2009 before the third respondent herein. Pending the said O.P, the writ petitioner filed I.A.No.17 of 2009 in O.P.No.39 of 2009 seeking interim order to implement and to give effect to the statutory notification dated 30.03.1992 and to direct the respondents therein not to deduct any amount from its future energy bills. In the said I.A, initially, the third respondent herein, through docket order dated 07.01.2010, ordered that the stay granted by this Court in W.P.No.18165 of 2003 shall be continued till the disposal of the O.P. Thereafter, the third respondent herein, by order dated 13.06.2011, dismissed both I.A and O.P on the ground that the O.P was barred by limitation. Aggrieved by the same, the writ petitioner approached the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, New Delhi and filed Appeal No.90 of 2011. The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity allowed the said appeal on 10.08.2011 and remanded the matter to the third respondent herein to decide the same afresh on merits. Thereafter, the writ petitioner filed the present Writ Petition No.23588 of 2011 to declare that the order dated 07.01.2010 passed by the third respondent herein in I.A.No.17 of 2009 in O.P.No.39 of 2009 is subsisting and consequently to direct the appellants herein not to deduct any amount from its future energy bills. It is pertinent to note here that pending the O.P. as well as the appeal, there was stay in favour of the writ petitioner. In view of the above, the impugned order passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court staying the operation of the letter dated 20.08.2003 on the ground that in view of allowing the above said appeal the writ petitioner cannot be in a disadvantage position, does not suffer from any manifest illegality warranting interference by this Court. The Writ Appeal is accordingly dismissed. However, the third respondent herein is directed to dispose of I.A.No.17 of 2009 in O.P.No.39 of 2009 within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J ________________ K.S. APPA RAO, J Date: 15.09.2011 va