WP 3428/07 - 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.3428/2007 Shri Shamprasad Vishwanath Dev, age 60 yrs., occu.Advocate & Agriculturist, residing at ‘Vishwkamal’ Shri Ram Mandir Road, Kopargaon Tq.Kopargaon Dist.Ahmednagar. ...Petitioner.. Versus 1] Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co., (Mahapareshan), Mumbai. 2] State of Maharashtra, through Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Resources, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 400 032. 3] The Maharashtra State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Mumbai, World Trade Center, No.1, 13th Floor Kap Parade Road, Mumbai – 400 005. ...Respondents... ..... Shri N.C. Garud, Advocate for petitioner. Respondent no.1 served. Shri K.B. Choudhary, AGP for respondent no.2. ..... CORAM: D.B. BHOSALE & R.M. BORDE, JJ. DATE: 11.01.2011 WP 3428/07 - 2 - PER COURT : 1] Heard learned counsel for respective parties. 2] Leave to add Maharashtra State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Mumbai, as respondent no.3. Amendment to be carried out forthwith. 2] Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he does not press the prayers made in the petition and seeks liberty to the petitioner to approach the respondent no.3 - Maharashtra State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Mumbai, for redressal of his grievance and further seeks direction to respondent no.3 to consider his representation within time frame. In view of this submission, we are satisfied that this petition can be conveniently disposed of by the following order. 3] The petitioner is allowed to make representation / petition in respect of equal distribution of electricity to respondent no.3 – Maharashtra State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Mumbai, within a period of four weeks from today. If any such representation / petition is made by the petitioner, the same will be considered by respondent no.3 as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of 12 weeks from the date of receipt of such representation / petition. It is needless to mention that respondent no.3 shall give an opportunity of hearing to all the concerned and shall communicate its order to the petitioner within a period of WP 3428/07 - 3 - four weeks from the date of its order. Writ petition is disposed of with no order as to costs. (R.M. BORDE, J.) (D.B. BHOSALE, J.) ndk/111112