Hyderabad, Aug. 17 -- The Telangana High Court has made it clear to a man from Hyderabad's Nampally that electricity connections cannot be granted merely on a promise to submit an Occupancy Certificate (OC) later.

The court stated that it cannot remain a spectator to such irregular practices, especially since assurances given earlier in similar cases were violated.

The case arose from a petition filed by Mohammed Arif Rizwan of Nampally. He challenged the denial of an electricity connection to a five-storey building constructed with Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) approvals.

His counsel argued that the building was built per GHMC permissions and that all electricity charges had already been paid. However, the Telangana S...