The grievance of the petitioner in this Writ Petition is that respondent No.2 is not giving electricity connection to the house bearing No.12-2-419/C-7, Mudranagar, Vishwas Nagar, Hyderabad on the ground that he has not produced consent from the land owner.

2. According to the petitioner, he is a tenant of the above mentioned premises and there is a suit and counter-suit filed by him and his landlady with respect to the said premises. While the said suits are pending, electricity has been disconnected by the respondents at the instance of the landlady. The petitioner has made an application before respondent No.2 for release of fresh supply. The petitioner pleaded that the said application is not sanctioned on the ground that he has failed to submit the consent of the landlady.

3. At the hearing, Sri S.V. Ramana, learned counsel representing Sri O.Manohar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the A.P. Central Power Distribution Corporation Limited, submitted that the petitioner has submitted the application to respondent No.2 instead of submitting the same to the Customer Service Center, which in turn would forward the same to respondent No.2, after releasing the meter. The