if trying to create a vOLT with the same (ss_id, vlan_id) as an existing vOLT Tenant, then return the original
diff --git a/xos/core/xoslib/methods/volttenant.py b/xos/core/xoslib/methods/volttenant.py
index a1ae656..ba0e909 100644
--- a/xos/core/xoslib/methods/volttenant.py
+++ b/xos/core/xoslib/methods/volttenant.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework import generics
+from rest_framework import status
 from core.models import *
 from django.forms import widgets
 from cord.models import VOLTTenant, VOLTService
@@ -68,6 +69,21 @@
 
         return queryset
 
+    def post(self, request, format=None):
+        data = request.DATA
+
+        existing_obj = None
+        for obj in VOLTTenant.get_tenant_objects().all():
+            if (obj.vlan_id == data.get("vlan_id", None)) and (obj.service_specific_id == data.get("service_specific_id",None)):
+               existing_obj = obj
+
+        if existing_obj:
+            serializer = VOLTTenantIdSerializer(existing_obj)
+            headers = self.get_success_headers(serializer.data)
+            return Response( serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK )
+
+        return super(VOLTTenantList, self).post(request, format)
+
 class VOLTTenantDetail(XOSRetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     serializer_class = VOLTTenantIdSerializer
     queryset = VOLTTenant.get_tenant_objects().select_related().all()