Section 42(1) in Hyderabad Metropolitain Water Supply Sewerage Act, 1989
(1)The Board may cut off the supply of water from any premises, -(a)if the owner or occupier neglects to comply with any lawful order or requisition regarding water supply issued by the Board within the period specified therein;(b)if any charges or any other sum due for water or for the cost of making connection or the hire of a meter or the cost of carrying out any work or test connected with the water supply which is chargeable to any person by or under this Act is not paid within fifteen days after a bill for such charges or sums has been presented or served;(c)if after receipt of a notice from the Board requiring him to refrain from so doing, the owner or occupier continues to use the water or to permit it to be used in contravention of the provisions of this Act or any rule made thereunder;(d)if the owner or occupier willfully or negligently damages the meter or any pipe or tap conveying water;(e)if the owner or occupier refuses to admit the Public Health Engineer in charge of water supply or any person authorized by the Board in this behalf into the premises which he proposed to enter for the purpose of executing any work or placing or removing any apparatus or making any examination or enquiry in connection with the water supply or prevents the Public Health Engineer in charge of water supply or such person from executing such work, or placing or removing such apparatus or making such examination or enquiry;(f)if any pipes, taps, works or fitting, connected with the water supply are found on examination by the Public Health Engineer in charge of water supply or any person authorized by the Board to be out of repair to such an extent as to cause waste or contamination of water;(g)if the owner or occupier causes pipes, taps, works or fitting connected with the water supply to be placed, removed, repaired, or otherwise interface with a contravention of the provisions of this Act or of the rules or regulations made thereunder:Provided that the Board shall not cut off the supply of water unless notice of not less than seven days has been given to the owner or occupier of the premises, except in cases involving contamination of water supplies, where no such notice need be given;(h)if the consumer fails to provide proper disposal or treatment of the used water from his premises, in accordance with the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporations Act, 1955(Act II of 1956), or the water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974(Central Act 6 of 1974).
