APHC010701032017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE 8th DAY OF OCTOBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 7286 OF 2017 Between: 1. Srungavruksham Gram Panchayat Srungavrukhsam,, Palakoduru Mandal, West Godavari District, rep. by its Elected Sarpanch Smt. K.Durga Deepti, W/o. Krishnam Raju, 35 years. 2. Venkatapuram Gram Panchayat,, Venkatapuram, Eluru Mandal, West Godavari District, rep. by its Elected Sarpanch Smt. Chrukuri Deepthi Usha W/o. Sunil, aged 32 years. 3. Sanivarapupeta Gram Panchayat,, Sanivarapupeta, Eluru Mandal, West Godavari District, rep. by its Elected Sarpanch Smt. K.Lurthamma W/o. Leela Rao, aged 53 years. 4. Komdavolu Gram Panchayat,, Komadavolu, Eluru Mandal, West Godavari District, rep. by its Elected Sarpanch G.Satyanarayana S/o. Venkata Rao, aged about 52 years. 5. Ponangi Gram Panchayat,, Ponangi, Eluru Mandal, West Godavari District, rep. by its Elected Sarpanch Smt.T.Vijayalakshmi W/o. Late Satyanarayana, aged about 60 years. 6. Chodimella Gram Panchayat,, Chodimella, Eluru Mandal, West Godavari District rep. by its Elected Sarpanch Smt. T.Prameela Devi W/o. Venkateswara Rao, 51 years, 2 7. Thangellamudi Gram Panchayat,, Thangellamudi, Eluru Mandal, West Godavari District, rep. by its Elected Sarpanch Smt. V.Nageswaramma W/o. Arunakumar, aged about 38 years. 8. Satrampadu Gram Panchayat,, Satrampadu, Eluru Mandal, West Godavari District, rep. by its Elected Sarpanch Smt. K.Rani Nirmala Kumari W/o. Swamidas, aged about 46 years. ...Petitioners AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat Buildings, Velgapudi, Guntur Dist. 2. The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission, 4th Floor, Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Lakdikapool, Hyderabad-4, rep. by its Secretary 3. The Eastern Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd, Visakhapatnam, rep. by its Vice ChairmanCum-Managing Director. 4. The Superintending Engineer, Eastern Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd., WG District at Eluru. 5. The Accounts Officer, Eastern Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd., WG District at Eluru. ...Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased toto issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the 2nd respondent Regulatory Commission in fixing the commercial tariff at the rate of Rs. 4.68ps. per unit for consumption charges of Water Supply by the Petitioner Gram panchayats though the said supply of water comes under essential service and not a commercial activity and further action of the respondents 3 3 to 5 in collecting commercial tariff of Rs. 5.75ps. per unit for Street Lighting of the petitioner gram panchayats even though 2nd respondent has not fixed any tariff for Street Lighting in the light of the periodical reimbursement by the 1st respondent Government, as illegal, arbitrary, and consequently direct the respondents not to collect CC charges for the Street Lighting with a further direction to the 2nd respondent to fix reasonable tariff for consumption of electricity for Supply of Drinking Water to the residents of the respective gram panchayats, and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2017(WPMP 8963 OF 2017 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant stay of collection of CC charges on the consumption of power supply for the Street Lighting with a direction to receive 0.50ps. per unit for the consumption of power supply to the Drinking Water Supply, pending disposal of the above Writ Petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioners: K RATHANGA PANI REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: SRINIVASA RAO PUTLURI Counsel for the Respondents: Counsel for the Respondents:GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV (AP) The Court made the following order: 4 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 7286 OF 2017 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the respondents. When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners submit that the cause in the present Writ Petition does not survive and no further adjudication is necessary in the present Writ Petition. Therefore, the Writ Petition becomes infructuous. Recording the said submission, Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. ________________________________ VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J 08.10.2026 TTPPSS 5 87 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 7286 OF 2017 08.10.2026 TTPPSS