APHC010062172019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3333]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO: 550/2019 Between:

1. T HE EASTERN POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY OF AP LIMITED, REP. BY THE ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL ENGINEER, OPERATION, PITHAPURAM, ...APPELLANT AND

1. M VENKATESWARA RAO, S/o M. Rama Subba Rao Consumer of SC No.

165 of Amaravalli Village, U.Kothapalli Mandal, R/o D.NO. 68-9-49, Ashok Nagar, Kakinada. ...RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellant:

1. V V SATISH (SC for APEPDCL)

Counsel for the Respondent:

1.

The Court made the following:

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL NO: 550/2019

J U D G M E N T:

1. The appellant filed the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal, aggrieved by the order dated 26.09.2018 passed in O.S.SR.No.311 of 2018 on the file of the Special Court under the Indian Electricity Act 2003 -cum- I Additional District Judge, East Godavari at Rajamahendravaram.

2. Brief facts of the case are that - the respondent is a consumer of electricity under Service connection No.1452540901000 165 falling under „Catego