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TMI Blog2018 (4) TMI 1807X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... DDYSC FOR TSTRANSCO For the Respondent : G SHASHIDHAR REDDY JUDGMENT: {Per the Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan} This appeal, under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, is preferred against the order passed by the Learned Single Judge in W.P.No.36988 of 2017 dated 17.11.2017. The appellants herein are the respondents in the writ petition. The respondent herein filed the writ pe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nction of a 500 KVA electricity connection required for running a mineral water bottling unit. On the ground that the previous owner was due electricity charges of more than Rs. 50 Lakhs, the Distribution Company refused to grant power connection. Aggrieved thereby, the respondent-writ petitioner invoked the jurisdiction of this Court contending that they were not liable to pay the dues of the pre ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... owner can alienate the property, and avoid payment of the amount due, towards electricity charges, to the distribution companies. It is not in dispute that the subject property was purchased by the respondent-writ petitioner in a public auction conducted by Syndicate Bank under the provisions of the SARFAESI Act. It is not even the case of the appellant that, by the auction notice, the responden ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tating interference under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent. The Writ Appeal fails and is, accordingly, dismissed. Needless to state that this order shall not disable the appellant from taking necessary steps, in accordance with law, to recover the electricity arrears from the previous owner. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall also stand dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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