IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7703 of 2006 Between: 1 S. Janardhana Rao, S/o. Simhadri, R/o. Tallapudi (V&M), West Godavari District. 2 Ch. Sangitha Lakshmi, W/o. Sampathy Kumar, R/o. Hanuman Junction, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Eastern Power Distribution Company of A.P. Ltd., rep. by its Chairman and Managing Director, Visakhapatnam 2 Additional Assistant Engineer, Operation, Eastern Power Distribution Company of A.P. Ltd.,Tallapudi (V&M), W.G.District. 3 Assistant Divisional Engineer Operation, Eastern Power Distribution Company of A.P. Ltd., Gopalapuram, W.G.District. 4 Assist Accounts Officer/ERO A.P.E.P.D.C.L., Nidadavole, W.G.District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR. M.SUDHEER FOR MR.NIMMAGADDA SATYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondents: None appeared The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not transferring agricultural service connection Nos.1272 and 1653 of Annadevarapeta Village from petitioner No.1 to petitioner No.2 as requested vide application, dated 11.02.2006, as illegal and arbitrary. Heard Sri M.Sudheer, learned counsel representing Sri Satyanarayana Nimmagadda, learned counsel for the petitioners. Neither a counter affidavit is filed by the respondents nor they are represented by their counsel at the hearing. Petitioner No.2 claimed to have got an extent of Ac.2.00 of land in Survey No.147 of Chityala revenue village from her father through a registered settlement deed executed on 30.05.1998; that since the date of said settlement deed, she has been enjoying the said property and that two agricultural service connections bearing Nos.1272 and 1653 stand in the name of petitioner No.1, who has been consuming power for drawing water for cultivation of the said land. The petitioner No.2 claimed that she applied for transfer of said agricultural service connections in her name through an application sent by registered post on 11.02.2006 to respondent No.2 and that despite the same, no order has been passed so far. Since no counter affidavit has been filed by the respondents and their counsel has not appeared to inform their stand, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent Nos.2 and 3 to consider the application of petitioner No.1 said to have been sent on 11.02.2006 for transfer of service connections standing in the name of petitioner No.1 in her favour. If the said respondents find that her application is bona fide and not intended to derive the benefit of free power supply, her application shall be accepted and in the event of rejection of her application, they shall give reasons therefor and communicate the order to petitioner No.2 within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 12th MARCH, 2008 kvni