M/S. Sri Lakshmi Venkateshwara Rice & Flour Mill v. Senior Accounts Officer Operation
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati, WP No. 31745 of 2013, decided 03-07-2025 by Subba Reddy Satti, J. M/s. Sri Lakshmi Venkateshwara Rice & Flour Mill (petitioner; counsel K. V. Upendra Gupta) v. Senior Accounts Officer Operation and Assistant Accounts Officer, Eastern Power Distribution of Company A.P Ltd. (respondents; counsel V. V. Satish, SC for APEPDCL). Petition sought mandamus declaring demand of Rs. 1,19,372.77 Ps as FSA charges illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and restraining disconnection, offering to pay Rs. 54,799 consumption charges; interim relief sought under S. 151 CPC (IA No. 1 of 2013 / WPMP No. 39446 of 2013). Dismissed as infructuous without costs; miscellaneous petitions closed. Merits not adjudicated; no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous, with no order as to costs, the court recording counsel's submission that the cause in the writ petition does not survive.