HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.8172 of 2003 Date: December 20, 2011 Between: Chejarla Konda Reddy and others … Petitioners And The Superintending Engineer, APSPDC Ltd., Electrical Operations, Vidyuth Bhavan, D a r g a m i t t a , Nellore, Nellore District and another … Respondents Order: This writ petition is filed in the year 2003 questioning the action of the respondents in taking steps to disconnect the electricity service connections of the petitioners at their fish ponds in an extent of Ac.5.00 cents, situated in Sy.Nos.269-1 and 278-1 of Kovur village and Mandal, Nellore District. It is the grievance of the petitioners that electricity service connections were provided by the respondents on their request and in spite of paying consumption and demand charges regularly, at the instance of some third parties, respondents are resorting to disconnecting their service connections without issuing any notice and conducting enquiry. At the stage of admission, this Court, by order dated 01.05.2003, ordered to maintain status quo with regard to the electricity service connections of the petitioners. The said order continued all-along from 2003. However, no counter-affidavit is filed on behalf of the respondents. In view of the allegation of the petitioners that they were not issued notice before taking steps for disconnecting their service connections and in view of the interim order of status quo passed by this Court, which continued all-along, I dispose of the writ petition directing the respondents not to disconnect the electricity service connections of the petitioners provided they have paid the consumption and demand charges regularly without any default. However, it is made clear that if continuation of the electricity service connections of the petitioners is found to be illegal or contrary to any of the statutory provisions or the conditions of supply, this order will not preclude the respondents from issuing notice to the petitioners and taking appropriate steps in accordance with law. No order as to costs. ______________________ (R. SUBHASH REDDY, J) December 20, 2011 MRR