Court No. - 32
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 38553 of 2018 Petitioner :- Ramji Maurya Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Muktesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pankaj Kumar Shukla
Hon'ble Shashi Kant Gupta,J. Hon'ble Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J.
Heard Sri M.K. Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Pankaj Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for respondent nos. 2, 4 and 5, learned Standing Counsel and perused the record.
The relief which the petitioners seek, is in the following terms:
"1. A writ order or direction in the nature of writ of mandamus directing to the respondents not fix the poles and not to lay over head high power electric lines from the residential plot of the petitioner."
The grievance of the petitioner would fall within the jurisdiction of the Collector and District Magistrate, having regard to the provisions of Rule 3 of the Works of Licensees Rules, 2006 which have been framed under the Electricity Act, 2003.
Consequently, we permit the petitioner to move the Collector and District Magistrate, Mirzapur with a copy of his claim together with a certified copy of this order and placing reliance upon such other material as the petitioner may seek to rely upon. The Collector and District Magistrate shall take a final decision on the application preferably within a period of three months of the receipt of a copy of the application.
The petition is, accordingly, disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs.
Order Date :- 27.11.2018 vinay