IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 17369 OF 2025

24.02.2026 Between:

Jella Bheemaiah ….. Petitioner And The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Power and Energy Department & others ….. Respondents

O R D E R:

The Writ Petition is filed questioning the order dated

24-05-2025 rejecting the case of petitioner for grant of new electric service connection to his house bearing No. 2-22 situated at Singarayapeta (Thapalpur) Village, Jannaram Mandal, Mancherial.

2. The case of petitioner is that he had let out his house to Sri Nalla Sahajeevan Reddy and his family and came to Hyderabad for children's education; he purchased a open plot under sale deed dated 23-01-1988 and thereafter, constructed house in 1997 with the permission of Gram Panchayat and he has been continuously paying taxes; one day he was informed by his tenant that electric meter was burnt and they are taking steps for alternative meter; there is no reason to disbelieve the statement of the tenant as it is a common phenomenon in that area due to heavy fluctuations in the supply, but instead of replacing the burnt meter, the 4^th respo