IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 863 of 2003 Between: The Piduguralla Grampanchayat Rep.by its Executive Officer, S.Kutumba Rao Piduguralla Village and Mandal, Guntur Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Asst.Engineer (Operation), A.P.Transmission Corporation Ltd., (APSEB) Piduguralla, Guntur Dist. 2 The Asst.Divisional Engineer (Operation), A.P. Transmission Corporation Ltd., (APSEB) Piduguralla, Guntur Dist. .....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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the illegal action of the respondents disconnecting street lights of the service No.1 of Piduguralla Village,Guntur District without providing service meters and without verifying Government whether arrears will be paid or not and such disconnection creates law and order problem so the action is illegal, arbitrary and violation of Electricity Act and rules and fundamental rights of the villagers consequently direct the respondents not to disconnect service No.1 of Piduguralla Village for the purpose of street lighting by restoring supply of the electricity. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KOONA REDDY ANJI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: O.MANOHAR REDDY(SC FOR APTRANSCO) The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.863 of 2003 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in disconnecting the power supply to the streetlights of the service No.1 of Piduguralla Village of Guntur District, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of the Electricity Act and Rules. It is stated that on account of default in paying the consumption charges, the said disconnection was ordered. At the stage of admission, this Court, by order dt.10-01-2003, ordered restoration of power supply on payment of half of the arrears within two weeks from the date of the order. It is stated that pursuant to the order of this Court, power supply was already restored. In that view of the matter, I dispose of the Writ Petition directing the respondents to continue the power supply. Further, if any arrears are there on account of consumption charges, such arrears have to be cleared within a period of eight weeks from the date of this order. If there is any default on the part of the Gram Panchayat, it is open for the respondents to issue notice to the Panchayat and take further steps. Subject to above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J. 02nd June, 2009. skmr/gk