ORDER :

Surepalli Nanda, J.

Heard Sri G. Ravi Chandrasekhar, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader for Energy, appearing on behalf of respondent No.1, learned Government Pleader for Endowment appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.3 and 6, Sri Zakir Ali Danish, learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.2, 4 and 5 and learned standing counsel Sri J.R. Manohar Rao, appearing on behalf of Respondent No.7.

2. The petitioner approached the court seeking prayer as under :

“To issue writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, to declare the action of Respondents in rejecting the applications for electricity connections vide application No.NC022302176691 dated 04.10.2023 as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and violative of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to provide electricity connection to the petitioner.”

3. The case of the Petitioner as per the averments made by the petitioner in the affidavit filed by the petitioner in support of the present Writ Petition in brief, are as follows :

It is the case of the petitioner that, the petit