S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.

Facts:

1. The appellant challenges an order of the learned Single Judge dated 14.12.2017 requiring him to pay the requisite court fees and dismissing his application for transposition of the second respondent, as plaintiff in the suit.

2. The appellant is a lawyer who has taken to writing and has published books. He is a resident of Unit 1, Ground Floor, Plot No. 156, Gagan Vihar Extension, Delhi 110051 (hereinafter “Unit 1”). He separated from his family on 05.05.2006. He says that after separation, in 2007 he was allocated the property which now constitutes Unit 1 by metes and bounds. According to the appellant, Gagan Vihar Extension, where Unit 1 is situated, is an unauthorized colony, as it is partly on public land, and has been granted a provisional regularization certification by the Government of NCT of Delhi by the order dated 04.09.2012.

3. On 03.06.2014 the appellant applied for electricity connection for the Unit 1 premises from BSES Yamuna Power Ltd. (hereafter “Yamuna Power”). Yamuna Power inspected the premises, and ultimately rejected the application stating, “Original title deed of the property, along with NOC from other party to memorandu