HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE G. YETHIRAJULU W.P.No. 21794 of 2002 DATE: 01-02-2008 Between: G. Darshan ……………… Petitioner and 1. The Assistant Divisional Engineer OPM/ASMANGADH/B-X, Asmangadh, Hyderabad and others. ………….. Respondents HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE G. YETHIRAJULU W.P.No.15684 of 2002 ORDER: The petitioner approached this Court through this writ petition seeking to declare the action of the respondents in disconnecting the electricity to his service connection through the letter, dated 24-10- 2002 as arbitrary, illegal, null and void and violative of the principles of natural justice and consequently to direct the respondents to restore the power supply to his bore well. The petitioner was provided service connection in July, 2001 to his bore well for drawing ground water. On 24-10-2002, the second respondent disconnected electricity connection without any show cause notice and issued the impugned letter on the same day mentioning that the electricity connection has been disconnected on the instructions of the M.R.O. After receipt of the said letter, the petitioner approached the M.R.O., but he did not give any information regarding the disconnection of the electricity supply, therefore, he filed the writ petition for the reliefs mentioned above. The respondents filed a counter affidavit mentioning that the State Bank of Hyderabad Staff Cooperative Housing Society Limited made a complaint to the Revenue Divisional Officer, Hyderabad stating that the petitioner is doing business by supplying water for money. The local enquiry revealed that due to illegal water extraction for commercial purpose by the said persons, the other surrounding bore wells in the residential area are dried and the residents are not getting water from their individual bore wells. Accordingly, a letter has been addressed to the Additional Assistant Engineer on 03-10-2002 for disconnection of power supply as it was causing the depletion of the ground water level and also under the powers vested under Section 7 (1) of the A.P. Ground Water (Regulation for Drinking Water Purpose) Act, 1996. The Collector passed appropriate orders on the basis of the direction given by this Court in W.P.No.2652 of 2001, dated 16-02-2001. The respondents took necessary action as the petitioners were exploiting water for commercial purpose, therefore, the disconnection of the service has become inevitable. The petitioner, except pleading that the disconnection of the service is illegal, did not point out under what provision of law he is entitled to continue the service. He did not file any rejoinder denying the allegations made by the respondents that he was the using the water for commercial purpose by extracting from bore well. In the light of the above circumstances, I do not find any illegality in the letter issued by the respondents and the writ petition is devoid of merits. In the result, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ___________________ Dr. G. YETHIRAJULU, J Date:01-02-2008 YCR