M.Y. EQBAL, CJ.

These writ appeals are directed against the common order passed by the learned single Judge in W.P. Nos.14158 to 14160 of 2012. The writ petitions were filed seeking to quash the orders passed by the first respondent directing disconnection of service connections to the appellants' saw mills on the ground of non-production of license for running the saw mills and for a direction to the respondents not to interfere with the electricity connection to the appellants' premises.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are as follows :-

The appellants/writ petitioners are wood based industries claiming to be in vogue for more than a decade. They were issued with notices by the Electricity Department informing them that they should produce a licence issued by the competent authority under the provisions of Tamil Nadu Regulation of Wood Based Industries Rules, 2010 for the grant of power supply, failing which, the electricity supply to their premises would be disconnected. In W.P. No.14159 of 2012, since the writ petitioner failed to furnish produce the license before the authority concerned despite due notice, the service connection stood disconnected.

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