Judgment 1. The petitioner seeks for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to quash the impugned order dated 28.04.2014. 2. The petitioner was informed that service connection cannot be transferred in her name since the earlier consumer was in arrears. The petitioner would state that the service connection stands in the name of one Palanisamy was already disconnected and the petitioner was unaware of the same and she came to know about the same only after receipt of the impugned order. 3. The learned Standing Counsel for the respondents, on instructions, submitted that if the petitioner makes application for fresh service connection the same would be considered by the respondent board subject to the payment of the arrears in respect of the said premises which is payable by Palanisamy. On instructions, the learned counsel for the respondents orally submitted that the arrears payable by Palanisamy is less than Rs.1,000/-. 4. In the light of the above, without going into the controversy and to put an end to the dispute, there will be a direction to the petitioner to file a fresh application for service connection and remit the arrears payable in respect of the said premises which according to the respondents is less than Rs.1,000/- and on receipt of the payment, the respondent board shall consider and effect fresh service connection to the petitioner on priority basis. 5. The Writ Petition is disposed of with the above directions. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed.