IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C) No. 18129 of 2007(G)
1. BERT S/O.FRANCIS, KURIYAPPILLY HOUSE,
... Petitioner
Vs
1. ADDITIONAL DISRICT MAGISTRATE,
... Respondent
2. ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,
3. JOHNY, PULIKKAL HOUSE,
4. JOSEPH,
5. VINOBHAN,
6. KOCHUTHRESSIA,
7. MARIYAM, W/O DEVASSY,
8. A.R.THOMAS,
9. GABRIYEL,
10. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD,
For Petitioner :SRI.SAJU.S.NAIR
For Respondent : No Appearance
The Hon'ble MR. Justice C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR
Dated :06/07/2007
O R D E R
C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,J
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W.P.(C) NO. 18129 of 2007
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Dated this the 6th day of July, 2007
JUDGMENT
Petitioner is challenging Ext.P4 order authorising drawal of
electric line through his property to give domestic connection to one
Sri.A.R.Thomas. The case of the petitioner is that the original proposal
was to draw line through somebody else’s property and the same was
unnecessarily dropped and the electric line was later proposed over his
property. KSEB has produced a sketch which shows the original line
proposed by it and the line presently approved by the Additional
District Magistrate. It is seen from ADM’s order and the sketch that the
earlier proposal was abandoned because the said line was passing very
close to the house of another person. It is dangerous to retain live
electric line very close to a house which is stated to be less than two
metres. On the other hand the line presently approved is over the
boundary of the petitioner’s property which is 39 cents of land.
Therefore the line approved by the Additional Magistrate calls for no
interference. However, I make it clear that the line should be drawn on
the extreme boundary of the petitioner’s property if required, after
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shifting the post on the road side to the edge of petitioner’s property
so that the line is drawn exactly over the boundary which will not
cause much inconvenience to the petitioner.
The writ petition is disposed of as above.
C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,
JUDGE
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