GHULAM MOHAMMED, J.

( 1 ) IN the present writ petition, the petitioners, who are 46 in number, are seeking for issuance of a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 1 st respondent-Board in not providing individual water connections to the applicants in S. R. K. Puram under Alkapuri Section in L. B. Nagar Municipality area inspite of collecting contribution of Rs. 4,000/- from each of the applicant and others, who are similarly situated, for laying the pipelines and the action of the 2nd respondent in insisting for enforcement of the provisions contained in Board Proceedings No. 88, dated 20-1-1997 after payment of water supply connection charges as illegal, void and consequentially to direct the respondents to provide individual water connections to the petitioners herein forthwith, keeping in view the responsibility of the Municipality in providing such connections even prior to the transfer of responsibility of water supply to the 2nd respondent, after declaring the action of the 1st respondent in refusing to discharge the statutory functions of the Municipality in connection with water supply to the residents of the locality in question as arbitrary, discriminatory and viol

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