( 1 ) BY this petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution Balu Ram has prayed that the two telephone connections installed in his business premises disconnected by the respondents may be directed to be restored with liberty to the respondents to bill him at shorter intervals of time to ensure payments of the calls made by him from these telephone connections. Respondents to the petition are the Union. of India, General Manager, Telephones, Divi- sional Engineer, Telephones, Delhi Gate Telephone Exchange respondents 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is carrying on share business with his office at 44-A, Coronation Hotel, Fatehpuri, Delhi, with the assistance of telephones. In 1966, he applied for a telephone connection under the own your telephone scheme of the respondents. This connection was granted to him in December, 1966 and telephone No. 263578 here after referred to as the first telephone was installed at his office. Due to business needs, he applied for a second connection and on March 9, 1969, under the same own your telephone scheme which was also sanctioned and another telephone No. 265177 (hereafter referred as the "second telephone