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M/s. V.R. Infra v. The State of Telangana and 5 others

Telangana HC24 Dec 2021WP/35908/2021

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What is this about?

This is a Writ Petition under Article 226 praying for a writ of Mandamus to direct respondent authorities to release power supply to the petitioner's premises. The Court disposed of the petition in limine without cost, directing the petitioners to file an application for supply which authorities must consider afresh.

What did the court decide?

Directed the petitioner to submit an application for power supply to be considered afresh within four weeks; Writ Petition disposed of without costs.

M/s. V.R. Infra Vs The State of Telangana and 5… — Service and Employment | Telangana HC (2021)

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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE^{OF TELANGANA} AT HYDERABAD

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(Special Original Jurisdiction)

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FRIDAY, THE TWENTY^{FOURTHDAYOF DECEN/BER} TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY ONE

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PRESENT

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THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE^{T.VINOD KUMAR}

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WRIT PETITIO N NO: 35908 OF²⁰²¹

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Between:

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M/s. V.R. lnfra, Represented^{by its lVanagingPartner- P'} Venkata Ramana S/o. P. Ramaiah Aged about^{58years, Occ..Business Office} at H.No.2-1l'103/1 , Venkat Nivas Widia-Colony,^{Ir/iyapur,Hyderabad - 500049}

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...PETITIONER

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AND

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The State of Telangana,^{Rep. by its Princip-alSecretary,Powerand Energy} Deoartment. Secretariat,^{Hyderabad -500022}

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, i;l:il;;;'StuiJS6Jtt "tn hower Distribution^{companvLtd , Representedbv its} chairilan cum^{lrilanagingDirector. office at lvlint compound,HyderaDao.} ,,

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:. i"ringJna-jiJte^{SouineinPower Distribution C_ompany_Ltd.,Represenled.byits} - SuperinienOing Engineer Operations medchal Office at Tirumalgherry X roads' Gunrock Sub-Station

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+. iJinq;ni Staie^{Southern Power Distribution,Company Ltd, Repby its.} - OiJ[i5."if.Ji'n"uitOp"rutions) Kukutpally office dt Behind Nlanjeera N/all KPHB Medchal tvlalkaiqiri^District.

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s. ilran'gjn;Sirt"^{Sorihtrn Power Distribution CompanvLtd" Rep'bv its} ,, " niJst"a"iE"ginLer toperations) office_at 33/1.1 KV Sub-station, Bachupally o. ifie r{iiimpdt^{vunibipat Corpoiation, Rep by its commissioner} lr/edchal-tVlalkajgiri District

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...RES'ONDENTS

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Petition under^{Article 226 of the constitutionof lndia prayingthat in the} circumstances^{stated in the affidavitfiled therewith,the High Court may be pleased} to issue writ,^{order or direction moreparticularlyone in the nature of writ of} [,4andamus, declaring^{the actionof the respondentauthorities morespecifically} RespondentNo.4and5authorityinrefusingtoreleasethepowersupplytothe Petitioner s^{premisesbearing PlotNo 225, admeasuring200 Sq'yds' Plot No 226} admeasuring 200^{sq.ydsand in Plot No'228(Part) admeasuring 100 sq yds' totally} admeasuringT00sq.ydsor585.20sqmtsinSy'No'348/A'B'350'351'392'and 393/A,BsituatedatBachupallyVillage,MedchalMalkajgiriDistrict,Telanganaon the ground that^{letter reference No. NMC/G/O3t2O20 dated 1410512020issued by the} RespondentNo.6(nottoreleaSepowersupplyforillegalconStructionS)asillegal' arbitrary, without^{any jurisdiction,contraryto provisionsof ElectricityAct 2003 and} violation of Article^{14 of the constitutionof lndia and consequentlydirectthe} Respondent No.4^{and5authority herein to release the power supply to the petition} propertyreferredabovewithoutreferringtoletterreferenceNo.Nlt/C/G/03/2020 daled 14t0512020^{issued by the 6th respondent'}

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IAN O:1^{oF 2021}

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Petition under^{S ection 151 CPC prayingthat in the circumstances stated in} the affidavit^{filed in su rport of the petition,the High Court may be pleased to direct} therespondentauthoriiesmorespecificallyrespondentNo.4and5authorityherein toreleasethepower;upplytothePetitionerspropertyPlotNcr'225'admeasuring 200 Sq.yds,^{Plot No 226 admeasuring200sq yds and in Plot No' z29eart)} admeasuring^{100 sq yds, totally admeasuring TO0sq yds or 585 20 sq mts in} Sy.No.34B/A,B,350,3r'1,392,and393/A,BsituatedatBachupailyVillage'Medchal Malkajgiri District,^{felanganawithout referring toletter reference No'} NMC/G/o3/2020datecl4tosl2o2oissuedbythe6threspondentpendingdisposalof the main^Writ Petition.

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Counsel for the^{Petiti'rner : SRI PILLI NAGARAJ} Counsel forthe^{Resp rndent No.1: GP FOR ENERGY} Corn""ffortheResprndentNos'2to5:SRIR'VINODREDDY'SCFORTSSPDCL iounset for^{the Resp rndent No.6: SRI N' PRAVEEN KUMAR'} SC FOR MUNICIPALITY

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The Court made^{the f rllowing:ORDER}

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THE HON'BLE SRI^{JUSTICE T.VINOD KUMAR}

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WRIT PETITION No.^359O8of2O21

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ORDER:

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Heard learned counsel^{for thepetitioner, learned} Government Pleader for^{Energu appearing for respondentNo'1'} Sri R.Vinod Reddy, learned^{Standing Counsel appearingfor} respondent Nos.2 to 5,^{and Sri N.PraveenKumar,learnedStanding} Counsel appearing for 6ft^{respondent. With their consent, the Writ} Petition is disposed^{of at the stage of admission itself'}

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. In this writ^{petition, the petitioneris aggrieved by the action} of thb respondents, more^{particularlyrespondents4 & 5, in} relusing to release the^{power supply to the premisesof the} petitioner, admeasuring^{200 sq.yardsin Plot No'225,200 sq'yards} in Plot No.226 and^{200 sy.yards in plot No 227 and 100 sq'yards} in plot No. No.228(part),^{totally admeasuring 700 sq yards in} Sy.No.348/A,B, 350, 351,^{392, 393/A,B situated at Bachupally} Village & Mandal, Medchal-Malkajgiri^District'

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Learned counsel for the^{petitionersubmits that the} respondent authorities^{have refusedto releasethe powersupplyto} the subject^{premises belonging to the petitioner'}

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Learned Standing^{Counsel for respondent Nos'2 to 5' on} instructions, has stated^{that basing on the letter addressed by the} 6th respondent, dt.^{14.05'2020, power supply to the petitioner was} refused. He further^{submits that il the petitionermakes} application, again,^{the authoritieswill receivethe same and pass} necessary orders^{thereon,as per law'}

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In view of the above made submissions, the petitioner is directed to su >mit application before respondent Nos.4 & 5 seeking release of pou er supply, which shall be received by the aruthorities and necessar z orders be passed thereon, strictly as per law, without reler snce to the proceedings dt. 14.05.202{) of the 6ft responden -, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of four (04) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

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Accordir gty, the Writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs.

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7 Conseqr ently, miscellaneous petitions pendine, if anv. shall

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stand closed.

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//TRUE COPY//

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II SD/. L.SIVA^PARVATHI ASSISTI\NT REGISTRAR

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SECTION OFFICER

To,

The Principal S :cretary,^{Power and Energy Department' State of Telangana'} Secretariai, Hy^{lerabad -500022}

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ih" c'riuii#rri^)um Managing^{Director, Telangana State Southorn Power} oiliriuriion co^{npinv itol o-fficeat lr'4rnt Compound,.Hvderabad'}

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J. 5;;;;i;;;i i"sii";;^{bt;;Jtion'.ier'ng*aState, SoutherrPower} 6di;i,iiii;;i,i^{npa"nvr-t0., [,leoJt il office a"t rirumalgherryX r'rads' Gunrock} Sub-Station.

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+. 6^i'sionaie ngi^{reer (operations),TelarlsqrlqState Southern Power Distribution} - [oft;i Lio] irrripritv otice^{5t BehiidManjeeratr/all KPHB lvledchal} Malkajgiri Distr^ct.

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s. ihe n'slistant^{l,ngineer (Operations).Tela19q1a State SouthenrPower} .

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- oistrinuti6n cc npuny t_ti, brice at 33/1 1^K-V Sub-station, Bachupally . . ^. o. ind co.risii^{,n'"r,fuir",i'1p"trrl1unicipa! corporation.Medchal-MalkajgiriDistrict} 7. On" CC to Sri^{)illi Nagaraj, Advocate [OPUC]} ^ b. i*; CCs to G 'for^{En?rgy, High Court for the State of Telangana} at Hyderabad. OUTI

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s. One'Ca io Sri 1^{Viriod Reddv, SC for TSSPDCL,tOP!C-l} ^- ib.o;; cc to sri^{. Praveen Kuhar, SC for Municipality,[OPUC]}

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11.Two CD CoPie^s

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12.One Spare Co^lY SM

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HIGH COURT

DATED:2411212021

ORDER

WP.No.35908^{ot 2021}

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DISPOSING OF^{THE WP} WITHOUT COSTS

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M/s. V.R. Infra v. The State of Telangana and 5 others

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