1 Gordhan Ram Vs. The Jodhpur Vidhyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. & Ors. S.B. CIVIL MISC. WRIT PETITION NO.6940/2007 (Gordhan Ram Vs. The Jodhpur Vidhyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. & Ors.) Date of order :: 29.1.2008 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL KRISHAN VYAS Mr.Mukesh Rajpurohit, for the petitioner. Mr.D.S. Sodha, for the respondents. By way of filing present writ petition, the petitioner is seeking direction for extension of time for depositing the amount demanded vide notice dated 14.06.2006 (Annexure-1) and further prayed that the respondents may be directed to release agricultural electric connection to the petitioner. The main contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that two another similarly situated persons namely Sh. Ram Ratan Jat S/o Ram Rakh Jat and Sh. Luna Ram S/o Himta Ram Jat, both resident of Napasar, have been granted benefit of extension of time in compliance of the directions conveyed by Hon'ble the Chief Minister, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur to Chairman & Managing Director, Jodhpur. Therefore, according to the petitioner, he is also entitled for the same relief granted to those 2 Gordhan Ram Vs. The Jodhpur Vidhyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. & Ors. persons and respondents cannot discriminate his case for extension of time for depositing the amount as directed by the respondent authority vide demand notice dated 14.06.2006 Annexure-1. In para 3 of reply to the writ petition also, the only assertion made by the respondents is that two opportunities have been granted to the petitioner for depositing the amount as per demand notice, but the petitioner has failed to deposit the said amount. In this writ petition, the Coordinate Bench of this Court while issuing notice passed an interim order which reads as under:- “In the meanwhile, the respondents are directed to release the electric connection to the petitioner provided he satisfies the demand raised vide demand notice dated 14.06.2006 within a period of 10 days.” In pursuance of the order passed by the Court, the petitioner has already deposited the said amount and electric connection has been released in his favour. After perusing the writ petition as well as the reply, it is clear that similarly situated persons were granted benefit of extension of time for depositing the amount and now after passing the aforesaid interim order by the Court, the petitioner has already deposited the said amount and electric connection has been 3 Gordhan Ram Vs. The Jodhpur Vidhyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. & Ors. released in his favour as admitted by learned counsel for the petitioner before this Court. Accordingly, the present writ petition is allowed. The stay order granted by this Court on 13.11.2007 is hereby made absolute. (GOPAL KRISHAN VYAS), J. A.K. Chouhan/-