HON’BLE Dr. JUSTICE G. YETHIRAJULU W.P.No. 18188 of 2004 DATED: 15-02-2008 Between: Smt. Pullapadi Rajani ……………. Petitioner and 1. The Superintending Engineer (Assessments), Northern Power Distribution Company of A.P. Ltd., Warangal and two others. ………. Respondents HON’BLE Dr. JUSTICE G. YETHIRAJULU W.P.No. 18188 of 2004 ORDER: This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking to declare the action of the respondents in changing the service from LT-I to LT-II category without giving any notice and opportunity to him arbitrary, bad and illegal. On verification of the record, it is noticed that no notice was served on the petitioner before issuing the demand by converting the service from LT-I to LT-II category. The learned counsel for the Respondents submitted that though the domestic service was under Category-I to the house of the petitioner, some equipments relating to commercial place are also kept in the house, therefore, the respondents were constrained to covert Category-I into Category-II. Whatever be the reason for converting the category, the respondents ought to have issued notice to the petitioner before issuing the demand regarding the conversion of the service from Category-I to category-II. As they failed to issue notice before issuing demand, it amounts to violation of the principles of natural justice, therefore, I am inclined to set aside the demand issued by the respondents. In the result, the writ petition is allowed. The demand issued by the respondents is set aside. The respondents are directed to restore the file, serve the notice on the petitioner and give opportunity to file his objections, consider the objections and pass appropriate orders afresh. No order as to costs. __________________ Dr. G.YETHIRAJULU, J Date: 15-02-2008 YCR