IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU WRIT APPEAL NO.654 OF 2010 Between: Kancherla Sambamurthy ….Appellant. And: The Director (E-Seva), A.P. Online Service, A.P. Information and Communication Department, Hyderabad and 3 others. …..Respondents. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU WRIT APPEAL NO.654 OF 2010 JUDGMENT: 1. The appeal is directed against the judgment of the learned Single Judge, dated 09.06.2010 dismissing W.P.No.12922 of 2010 on the ground of delay and latches. The appellant herein filed the writ petition seeking a writ of Mandamus for declaring the action of respondents in disconnecting the Online Service to him to collect electricity charges, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. Admittedly, the disconnection of the Online Service by the 3rd respondent was on 10.05.2006. The writ petition was however filed in the year 2010. The learned Single Judge by the order under appeal held that the petitioner failed to offer any explanation whatsoever for acquiescence in the order for four years and that it is not even his pleaded case that he had made representations to any of the authorities during these four years. He was merely relying upon the fact that a person similarly situated who had approached the court in 2007 was granted relief. The order under appeal holds that the discretionary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 is unavailable to persons who are indolent and exhibit latches and delay in seeking relief. Several decisions of the Supreme Court on the aspect of latches and delay were recorded in the order under appeal to support the exercise of discretion to deny relief in the writ petition. 3. We concur with the conclusions recorded by the learned Single Judge. There is no error in the exercise of discretion by the Court below, warranting interference in this writ appeal. 4. The Appeal is accordingly dismissed. ______________________________ JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM. ___________________________________________ JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU. Date:07.09.2010 Gk. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU WRIT APPEAL NO.654 OF 2010 Date:07.09.2010 Gk.