1. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the order dated 30.11.2017 passed by Sub-Divisional Officer, Electricity Distribution Division-II, Garhmukteshwar, Hapur rejecting the application of the petitioner for sanction of new electricity connection. The reason assigned in the order impugned is that the petitioner, being neither a tenant nor, the owner of the house in question and his father who is already having connection in another house, has refused to give his consent/no objection for a separate connection, it would not be legal to grant new connection.

2. Facts of the case are that the petitioner, who claims to be the adopted son of Dayanand Sharma, is living in one of the houses owned by his father, but due to some family dispute between the wife of petitioner and his father, goods and belongings of the petitioner were thrown out of the house in question. The petitioner thereafter, along with his wife, approached the Superintendent of Police on 27.02.2013 for redressal of his grievances. On its intervention, goods and belongings of petitioner were restored and petitioner could able to get re-entry in the house. Thereafter, respondent no. 5 aga