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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
P.T.ASHA
M. Selvaraj, S/o. Marappagounder – Appellant
Versus
State Represented By., Principles Secretary to Government, Department of Energy – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioners' claims of land ownership and hardship due to tower erection. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. court's legal analysis on statutory authority and rights. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. legal interpretations of the electricity act and telegraph act. (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 4. petition dismissed; petitioners can seek compensation. (Para 13) |
ORDER :
P.T. Asha, J.
The above writ petition is filed for a mandamus directing the second respondent to consider the petitioners’ objections dated 18.09.2025 and consequently to forbear the respondents 1 to 4 from erecting High Tension Electricity Tower in the petitioners’ agricultural land situated in Survey Field No.573, in patta No.1198, Emmampatti Village, Nambiyur Taluk, Erode District.
2.The petitioners would submit that the lands in question are their ancestral properties and the petitioners who are brothers are joint owners of the said land and they have been cultivating crops thereon and they have been in continuous possession of the same. Their livelihood is dependant on these lands. In the year 1981, two high tension electric towers were erected in their lands by the respondents’ board for carrying 250 KW of power and the cable is p
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