Om prakash Choudhary Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

Om prakash Choudhary Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Writ petition disposed at admission stage in terms of the Court's order dated 12.02.2025 in W.P.No.4056 of 2025: petitioner directed to make a fresh application with all relevant documents within one week; respondents (including TGSPDCL-side respondents Nos.2 to 4) to consider the request for release of electricity connection and pass appropriate orders in accordance to law, preferably within two weeks thereafter; miscellaneous petitions, if any, stand closed; no order as to costs.

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents' action in not processing the applications for release of electricity connections (with meters) to the petitioner's property bearing Plot No.261 in Block No.II, Sy.No.78, Hafeezpet Village, GHMC Serilingampally Mandal, Rangareddy District is illegal, arbitrary and unjust, warranting a Writ of Mandamus directing them to process the applications and release the service connections without further delay.

Court's answer

Acting on the joint representation of learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for TGSPDCL that the subject issue is squarely covered by this Court's order dated 12.02.2025 in W.P.No.4056 of 2025, the Court disposed of the present writ petition in terms of that aforesaid order.

Ratio / Principle

The writ petition was disposed of at the admission stage, directing the petitioner to make a fresh application to the respondents within a period of one (1) week from the date of receipt of a copy of the order, along with all the relevant documents as mandated under the rules.

Key takeaways

On receipt of such application with all the relevant documents, the respondents shall consider the petitioner's request seeking release of electricity connection to the property (Plot No.261, Block No.II, Sy.No.78, 300 Sq. Yds., Hafeezpet Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Rangareddy District) and pass appropriate orders on the said representation in accordance to law, preferably within a period of two (2) weeks thereafter; there shall be no order as to costs.ratio¶43

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Telangana High Court (Surepalli Nanda, Justice) disposed of W.P. No.6175 of 2025 at the admission stage. The petitioner had sought a Writ of Mandamus (Art. 226) declaring illegal, arbitrary and unjust the respondents' failure to process applications for release of electricity connections with meters to Plot No.261, Block No.II, Sy.No.78 (admeasuring 300 Sq. Yds.), Hafeezpet Village, GHMC Serilingampally Mandal, Rangareddy District. Both sides jointly represented that the subject issue was squarely covered by this Court's order dated 12.02.2025 in W.P.No.4056 of 2025, and the petition was disposed of in terms thereof: petitioner to make a fresh application with all relevant documents mandated under the rules within one week of receipt of the order; respondents to consider the request and pass appropriate orders in accordance to law, preferably within two weeks thereafter. Miscellaneous petitions closed; no order as to costs.

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Petition under section 151 cPc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High court rnay be pleased to direct the Respondents to process applications for providing electricity connections and to releage service connections with meters to the petitioner's property bearinq plqt !!g^{291 in Block No. ll, Southern part of lendin Sy. No. 7a, ddmeasuring3o-OSq.} Yds situated at Hafeezpet Village, GHIVIG serilingampally Mandel, Ra-ngareddy Diqtrict

Counspl for the Petitioners: SRl. BAGLEKAR AKASH KUMAR

Counsel foI the Respondent No.1: AGP FOR ENERGY

Qqqnsel for the Respondent Nos.2 to 4: SRt N. SREEDHAR REDDY SC FOR Tq$PQQL

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W PETIT ON No. L75 of o25

ORDER:

Heard Sri Baglekar^{Akash Kumar, learned counsel} appearing on^{behatf ofpetitioner, learnedAssistant} Government Pleader^{for Energy, appearing on behalf of} respondent No.1 and^{Sri N' Sreedhar Reddy'learned} Standing Counsel^{for TGSPDCL, appearing on behalf of} respondent^{Nos.2 to 4.}

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"...to issue an^{appropriate Writ, order or direction} more^{particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus} by declaring the^{actlon of the Respondentsin not} processing the applications^{for ielease of electricity} connections to the^{petitioner's property bearing Plot} No.261 in Block^{No.II, Southern part ofland in} Sy.No.78, admeasuring^{3OO Sq' Yds situatedat} Hafeezpet Village,^{GHMC Serilingampally Mandal'} Rangareddy^{District as illegal, arbitrary,unjust and} consequently direct^{therespondents toprocess} applications for^{providingelectricityconnectionsand to} release service^{connectionswith meters without any} further delay^{and to pass such order or ordersas this}

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Hon'ble C ourt may deem fit and proper in the interest of Justice.,,

It is represented by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for TGS'DCL,, ,tppearing on behalf of respondent Nos. 2 to 4 that the subject issue in the present Writ petition is squarely covered by the order oF this Court dated L2.02.2025 passed in W.p.No.4056 of 2025 and hence, the present writ petition could be disposed of .. in terms of the aforesaid order.

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a) The aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and, b) The submissions Put-forth by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for TGSPDCL, appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.2 to 4,

The writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage, directing the petitioner to make a fresh application to the respondents within a period of one (l) week from the date of receipt of a copy of the order along with all the

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retevant documents^{as mandated under the rules and on} receipt of such^{application with all therelevant} documents, the^{respondentsshall consider the request of} the^petitioner seeking^{releaseof electricityconnection to} the^{petitioner's property bearing Plot No'261 in Block} trto.li, Sbuthern^{part of land in Sy'No'78, admeasuring3oO} Sq. Yds situated^{atHafeezpet Village'GHMC} Serilingampally^{Mandal, Rangareddy District'Telangana} State, and^{pass appropriate orders on thesaid} representation of^{the petitioner in accordance to law'} preferably within a^{period of two(2)weeks thereafter'} However, there^{shatl be no order as to costs'}

As a sequel,^{the miscellaneous petitions, if any' pendingin}

the writ Petition^{shall also stand closed.}

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ORDER

WP.No.6175 of 2025

DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS

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