HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR WRIT PETITION NO. 29012 OF 2010 Between: The Central Government General Pool Residents Welfare Association ………….Petitioner AND Union of India represented by the Assistant Engineer-cum-Estate Manager, CPWD, Kendriya Sadan and two others ………….Respondents ORDER: (Per Hon'ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) This Writ Petition has been filed in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the order dated 14.7.2009 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No. 800/2003, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently set aside the memo dated 27.9.2010 issued by the first respondent. O.A.No. 800 of 2003 was filed challenging the revision of water charges being collected from the occupants of the residential quarters provided to the applicants who are Central Government Servants. Brief facts of the case are that all the applicants in O.A are the Central Government Servants and they are provided with Government accommodation at GPRA Quarters at Gachibowli, Hyderabad. They are staying in different types of quarters viz., Type I, II, III and the rent, water and other related charges are deducted from their salaries. It is stated that they are paying water charges @ Rs. 8/-, Rs. 10/-, Rs. 12/- per month respectively. While so, the first respondent therein viz., the Assistant Engineer-cum-Estate Manager, CPWD, Kendriya Sadan Sultan Bazar, Hyderabad, without giving any notice to the applicants or department, issued an office memorandum revising the water charges to Rs. 113/-, Rs. 151/- and Rs. 188/- per month and made the revised rates effective from 1.7.2002. For that applicants made a representation and suggested that the respondents therein be directed to fix individual water meters for each quarter so that the occupants can pay only for the water utilized by them but no action was taken. Hence, applicants preferred O.A and that O.A was dismissed observing that the respondents may consider the proposal of fixing an individual water meters to each quarter in order to collect the water charges from the occupants for the water used by the each occupant of the quarter separately. Aggrieved by the same, the Government preferred the present Writ Petition. We have perused the material made available on record. Applicants in O.A submitted representations suggesting that the respondents therein be directed to fix individual water meters for each quarter so that the occupants can pay only for the water utilized by them. Therefore, the Tribunal rightly dismissed the O.A filed by the applicants therein with an observation that the respondents may consider the proposal of fixing individual water meters to each quarter in order to collect the water charges from the occupants for the water used by the each occupant of the quarter separately. Hence, we see no reasons to interfere with the order passed by the Tribunal and the Writ Petition is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J ______________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR, J DATE: 23.11.2010 KA ... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. 2 CD copies.