The Hon’ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.36238 of 2014 Dated 27.11.2014 Between:
Vadguri Krishna Murthy …Petitioner And The Telangana State Power Distribution Company Limited, Rep. by its Managing Director, (Operation Circle) Hyderabad, Hyderabad and 3 others.
…Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Mr.S.Maruti Rao Counsel for the respondents: Mr.O.Manohar Reddy TSSPDCL) The Court made the following:
(SC for Order:
This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief:
“to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of respondents Nos.2 to 4 in levying the electricity charges three times to its original bill in relation to the petitioner’s
arbitrary, contrary to the Electricity Act, 2003.”
At the hearing, it is not disputed by learned Counsel for both the parties that the issue similar to that raised in this Writ Petition viz., demanding more electricity consumption charges than the tariff stipulated by the APERC only on the ground that the petitioner did not secure Occupancy Certificate from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, was decided by this C o u r t vide W.P.No.32906 of 2014, dated 05.11.2014.
For the same reasons as contained in the aforesaid order, this Writ Petition is allowed in part with the direction that the reasons and directions contained therein shall form part of this order.
As a sequel, WPMP.No.45368 of 2014, filed by the petitioner for interim relief, is disposed of as infructuous.
(C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, J) Dt: 27th November, 2014
LUR