IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 25388 of 2002 Between: Avtar Singh Oberoi S/o Late Sardar Tarlok Singh Oberoi R/o 4-9-283, Sikh Chavani, Attapur Village, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Additional Assistant Engineer, Operation 85, A.P.Transco, Attapur, Hyderabad. 2 Assistant Accounts Officer, E.R.O., A.P.Transco, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a Writ or order or orders or direction mainly in nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring the action of the respondents in not adjusting the payments made by me in Account No.V3-6845 towards electricity charges to account No.V3-6574 is illegal, violative of principles of natural justice and direct the respondents to adjust the said amount immediately to account No.V3-6574 and issue demand notices from April 2002 onwards regularly by accounting the 10,102 reading existing on the meter by the date of giving connection to the petitioner. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.V.KRISHNA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: Mr. O.Manoher Reddy The Court made the following Order: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.25388 of 2002 ORDER: In 1996, the petitioner availed power supply to his house bearing No.4-9-283 at Sikh Chauni, Attapur Village, Hyderabad. It is his case that when the meter was energized on 17.04.1996, it was numbered as account No.V3-6845. Accordingly he paid monthly electricity bills starting in 1996 to account number/consumer No.V3-6845. It appears that sometime in April, 2002 and thereafter, the oﬃcials from the oﬃce of second respondent visited the petitioner’s premises and clariﬁed that his premises consumer number is V3-6574, that he failed to pay electricity bills for that account and therefore, power supply shall be disconnected. He, therefore, sought redressal from the respondents for adjustment of the amounts paid by him in account No.V3-6845 towards electricity charges to the account No.V3-6574, in vain. Therefore, he ﬁled instant writ petition when demand was made on 18.04.2002. First respondent ﬁled a counter-aﬃdavit. It is stated that new service connection was given to the petitioner on 15.04.1996 with service connection No.V3-6574 with initial reading 00 000. It is further stated that the petitioner approached ﬁrst respondent with copies of bills/receipts in respect of service No.V3-6845 pertaining to Smt.Asmia Begum, house No. 19-4-340/55/A at Mehamood nagar, Hyderabad. A request was also made to rectify the defect, which was addressed to second respondent to transfer wrongly paid bills to the actual account. The petitioner was also addressed a letter to consult second respondent in this regard with original bills. But, the petitioner refused to take the letter and therefore, communication was sent by registered post with acknowledgement due. It is further alleged that the petitioner deliberately refused to receive said letter. The answering respondent also admitted that they are willing to ﬁnalise the petitioner’s account and that it is the petitioner who is not producing bills. The petitioner has ﬁled a reply-aﬃdavit denying the counter averments. He, however, does not dispute that he did not approach second respondent with the original bills paid for account No.V3-6845. As this controversy can be resolved only by second respondent - AAO/ERO, no direction can be given as prayed for in this writ petition. Liberty is, however, given to the petitioner to approach second respondent with all the original bills. As and when they are produced, second respondent may take necessary action after verifying the record. If it is found that by inadvertence the bills were given to the petitioner in respect of service connection number/account number/consumer No.V3-6845 even though actual number allotted to his service is V3-6574, immediately amounts paid by him should be transferred to the actual account. With the above observations, the writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 11th September, 2008 GHN To 1 Additional Assistant Engineer, Operation 85, A.P.Transco, Attapur, Hyderabad. 2 Assistant Accounts Officer, E.R.O., A.P.Transco, Hyderabad. 3 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MADHURI}