JUDGMENT :

The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is preferred against a decision conveyed by the respondent Assam Power Distribution Company Limited [APDCL], Dibrugarh vide its Letter bearing no. APDCL/SDE/DESD-III/2011-12/2012/981 dated 03.09.2012, whereby, it has been conveyed to the petitioner that new electricity service connection to the premises of the Dibrugarh Development Authority [DDA] Market, Chowkidinghee cannot be provided due to arrear outstanding amounts, remained to be paid in connection with previous electricity bills.

2. The writ petition has been preferred for setting aside and quashing of the said decision conveyed by the Letter dated 03.09.2012 and the petitioner has sought for a direction to the respondent APDCL authorities to release new service connection to its premises. When the writ petition was moved on 24.02.2014, it was observed, in the interim, that the APDCL authorities shall provide electricity connection to the premises of the petitioner in question immediately, subject to payment of 50% of the outstanding dues,