Chitanuru Jayalakshmi v. Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited

Date : 27.3.2019 Between:

Chitanuru Jayalakshmi W/o Chitanuru Lakshmikantha Reddy Aged about 38 years Occ House Wife R/o Plot No 47 in Sy No 11/19 11/20 and 11/21 Khanammet Village Rajendranagar Tq Serilingampally Mandal Ranga Reddy District Petitioner And Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited Vidyuth Soudha Somajiguda Hyderabad Rep by its ChairmancumManaging Director & others Respondents The Court made the following:

ORAL ORDER:

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri R. Vinod Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Corporation Limited appearing for respondents 1 to 4 and Sri Sampath Prabhakar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) appearing for respondent No.5.

2.

Petitioner claims that she is the owner of house in Plot No. 47 in Sri Swamy Ayyappa Cooperative Housing Society Limited, Madhapur, Hyderabad. She claims that she has applied for providing electric power supply connection to her house, but said application itself is not accepted on the ground that the State Government and the GHMC are opposing to provide electric power supply connection to any property located in Sri Swamy Ayyappa Cooperative Housing Society Limited. 3.

It is seen from the material on record that so far petitioner has not applied for providing electric power supply connection. Therefore, she cannot allege that the respondent - Company is not providing power supply connection.

4.

In view of the same, the Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of giving liberty to the petitioner to apply for electric power supply connection by complying all the norms as required by the respondent - Company. As and when such application is made, the respondent - Company is directed to provide service connection to the house of the petitioner within a period of four weeks from the date of submission of such application and provision of such power supply connection shall be subject to further direction that may be issued by the State of Telangana

or the Supreme Court in the litigation pending before it arising out of the judgment dated 12.09.2012 in W.P.No.20407 of 2008 and batch. There shall be no order as to costs. Pending Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, shall stand closed.

__________________ P NAVEEN RAO,J DATE: 27-3-2019 TVK

Date : 27.3.2019