IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI NISAR AHMAD KAKRU AND THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT APPEAL NO.698 OF 2010 DATED:06.10.2010 Between: Sri Lalitha Enterprises Industries (P) Ltd., Peddapuram, Valuthimmaputam Road Peddapuram, rep. by its Mattey Satya Prasad Managing Director, S/o. late M. Adi Narayana R/o. Peddapuram (PO), East Godavari District … Appellant And The A.P. Eastern Power Distribution Co. Ltd., Visakhapatnam, rep. by its Assistant Divisional Engineer, Operation & Lines Sub-Division, Samalkota (PO), East Godavari District and another … Respondents THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI NISAR AHMAD KAKRU AND THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT APPEAL NO.698 OF 2010 JUDGMENT: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice Shri Nisar Ahmad Kakru) Having exceeded the demand allowed, consequently regularization of additional connected load. The appellant- petitioner was also granted liberty to represent against the demand notice within thirty days, but he neither deposited the amount nor made any representation and instead invoked the writ jurisdiction of the High Court through Writ Petition No.17152 of 2010. Along with the writ petition, an application for interim relief was also filed which begot him an interim direction which reads as under: “There shall be a direction to the respondents 1 to 3 not to disconnect power supply to the petitioner’s Rice mill subject to the condition of the petitioner depositing 50% (fifty percent) of the amount due under the letter dated06/04/2010 of the Eastern Power Distribution Company of A.P. Limited within a period of two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.” Although the above said discretionary direction is apparently to the favour of the writ petitioner yet assailed before us, but without any tenable ground in law but we don’t find anything bad with the exercise of discretion. Dismissed. VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J NISAR AHMAD KAKRU, CJ 06-10-2010 B. Narsinga Rao