Smti.Thahira Bibi v. the Superintending Engineer and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Electricity connection; new/pending online connection application (Annexure P2) dated 18.08.2025; writ of mandamus; WPA/148/2026; Circuit Bench at Port Blair; direction to respondent No.3 to consider and dispose within four weeks; reasoned order in accordance with law; opportunity of hearing to petitioner and stakeholders; communicate decision within a week; grant forthwithin ten days on payment of requisite fees; disposed without going into merits; Thahira Bibi; Superintending Engineer; Smita Das De, J.
What did the court decide?
Instead of issuing an immediate mandamus, respondent No.3 is directed to consider and dispose of the pending new-electricity-connection application within four weeks, passing a reasoned order in accordance with law after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and other stakeholders, and communicating the decision within a week thereafter; if the authority is satisfied with the required conditions, the connection shall be granted forthwith, preferably within ten days, upon payment of all requisite fees.