1 APHC010339592015 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3328] THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 38576/2015 Between: 1. GOLI APPARAO CHOWDARY, S/O.LATE VEERRAJU AGED 52 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE R/O.OPP RLY. STATION, SAMALKOT, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE EASTERN POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY OF, ANDHRA PRADESH REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. THE DIVISIONAL ENGINEER OPERATIONS, ANDHRA PRADESH CENTRAL POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT KAKINADA, ANDHRA PRADESH 3. THE ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL ENGINEER, ANDHRA PRADESH CENTRAL POWER DISTRIBUT; )RI COMPANY SAMALKOT, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT ANDHRA PRADESH. 4. THE ASSISTANT ACCOUNTS OFFICER, ELECTRICITY REVENUE OFFICE ANDHRA PRADESH CENTRAL POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY SAMALKOT, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT ANDHRA PRADESH. 5. THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER RURAL, ANDHRA PRADESH CENTRAL POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY PEDDAPURAM, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT ANDHRA PRADESH. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 2 1. K B RAMANNA DORA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. V V SATISH (SC for APEPDCL) The Court made the following: ORAL ORDER: There is no representation on behalf of the Writ Petitioner. 2. Sri Y. Nagendra, learned Counsel representing Sri V.V. Sathish, learned Standing Counsel for APEPDCL, has submitted the Written Instructions furnished by the Assistant Accounts Officer, ERO, Peddapuram dated 08.01.2026. This Written Instruction is taken on record. 3. The Written Instruction would indicate that the Writ Petitioner has approached this Court after committing default in payment of CC bills and that the electricity service was disconnected at that point of time only due to nonpayment of huge amount of arrears. 4. It transpires from record that vide Order dated 01.12.2015, this Court had granted an Interim Order in W.P.M.P.No.49660 of 2015 and in W.P.M.P.No.49661 of 2015 and the said Interim Order is subsisting till date. Having regard to the fact that this Writ Petition is of the year 2015 and the Writ Petitioner would have been enjoying service connection on the strength of the Interim Order passed by this Court (mentioned supra), this Court is of the view that no useful purpose would be served by keeping this Writ Petition pending. 5. This Court is inclined to dispose of this Writ Petition with a direction that the service connection of the Writ Petitioner may be continued by the Respondents if there is no default and that the Writ Petitioner has cleared all the arrears including the old arrears plus the current arrears. If there are any arrears pending and the Writ Petitioner has not cleared it within the reasonable time that may be granted by the Respondents, the Respondents are at liberty to initiate appropriate action in accordance with law. 3 6. With these observations and directions, this Writ Petition stands disposed of. No order as to costs. 7. Interlocutory Applications, if any, stand closed in terms of this order. ______________________________________ GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD, J Dt:08.01.2026 Vns