WP(C) 4231/2007 BEFORE HON’BLR MR JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY Heard Mr HRA Choudhury, learned Senior counsel for the petitioner and Mr HK Sar ma, learned Standing counsel, Assam State Electricity Board(hereinafter referred to as the ’Board’). For the order which I propose to pass, I do not consider it necessary to issue formal notices. The petitioner’s version is that , being an educated unemployed youth, he with the intention to start a Rubber Husking Rice Mill at Lakhipur, Goalpar a obtained a loan of Rs.3,00,000/- from the Bank. On his application, he was al so granted a ’No objection certificate’ for obtaining electric connection by th e Lakhipur Town Committee on 20.12.2005. He thereafter raised constructions and purchased the plants and machineries for the rice mill. Subsequently , he appli ed for the electric connection with the Board on 23.6.2007 by depositing an amo unt of Rs.27,905/- as security. The grievance expressed before this Court is tha t inspite of his several representations to the concerned authority of the Board , the connection as on today has not been provided. Mr Choudhury has urged that in the above factual premise, the inaction o n the part of the Board to discharge its statutory duty ought to be adjudged ill egal , arbitrary,null and void. He therefore, submits that this petition be clo sed with a direction to the Board to provide the electric connection to the petitioner’s premises if all the legal formalities pertaining thereto have been complied with by him. Mr Sarma has no objection to the course suggested. Upon hearing the learned counsel for the parties and on a consideration of the pleaded facts and the documents appended thereto, it is provided that, in case ,the petitioner has complied with the essential requirements for obtai ning the electric connection from the Board and has made necessary deposits a s required and if there is no other impediment in law, he would be provided wit h the same without further delay. As the petitioner waits in expectation, the pr ocess as above should be completed within 10 days from the date of receipt of th e certified copy of this order. It would be the responsibility of the respondent No.5, the Sub Divisional Officer(SDO), ASEB, Lakhipur Sub Division, Lakhipur, D ist. Goalpara in particular to ensure compliance of this order. The petition stands disposed in the above terms. No costs.