IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT APPEAL NO : 364 of 2005 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 23/12/2004 in WP NO : 10618 OF 1999 on the file of the High Court.) Between: M/s Sri Lakshmi Durga Industries, Rep. by its Partner Sri B. Venkateswarlu S/o B. Narayana, Hindu, Business, R/o Bethamcherla (M), Kurnool District. ..... APPELLANT AND 1 The Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board, rep. by its Member/Secretary, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Engineer, APSEB, Kadapa Zone, Kadapa District. 3 The Superintendent Engineer (Assessments) APSEB, Kadapa District. 4 The Assistant Divisional Engineer , APSEB, Dhone,Kurnool District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant:MR.G.VEERA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4: MR.M.SREERAMULU REDDY The Court made the following : JUDGMENT: (per the Hon’ble Sri Bilal Nazki, ACJ) Learned single judge had dismissed the writ petition on the ground that an assessment had been made against the appellant-writ petitioner for Rs.4,54,718/- which was reduced on his representation to Rs. 2,44,955. On appeal, it was further reduced to Rs.1,40,069/-. The learned single judge found that it was not possible to interfere in the matter as there were no illegalities attributed to the impugned orders. We do not find any ground to interfere with the order of the learned single judge. Learned counsel for the writ petitioner, however, submits that he has already paid Rs.91,770/- and there is a balance of about Rs.50,000/- and that he may be given some time to deposit the arrears. We have heard the learned counsel for the respondents as well and in the interest of justice, we allow the writ petitioner to deposit the balance amount within three months from today. Power supply shall continue, if the writ petitioner goes on paying the current bills and pays the balance amount within three months. The writ appeal is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _________________ BILAL NAZKI, ACJ DATE: 13th June, 2005 __________________ G. CHANDRAIAH,J Pnb To 1 The Member Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Engineer, APSEB, Kadapa Zone, Kadapa District. 3 The Superintendent Engineer (Assessments) APSEB, Kadapa District. 4 The Assistant Divisional Engineer , APSEB, Dhone,Kurnool District. 5 Two C.D. copies