Gorakh Ram v. State of U.P. and 7 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, PIL No. 3310 of 2025 (Arun Bhansali, CJ and Kshitij Shailendra, J., decided February 25, 2026): PIL by Gorakh Ram against State of U.P. and 7 others challenging routing of a 33 KV high-tension line through the populated residential area and main road of village Chalakpur Jamin Rasulpur, Azamgarh (Raunapar-Azamgarh road, near Chaklakpur-Haiderabad bye-pass); alleged breaches of horizontal/vertical safe clearance under Indian Electricity Rules, 1956 and Electricity Act, 2003; respondents claimed double-circuit conversion of existing line, alternatives in flood-prone area infeasible, Sub-Centre for 8500 consumers; petition dismissed as based on bald, unfounded allegations.
What did the court decide?
Once the electricity line already exists and is only being converted into a double circuit, the apprehensions expressed are wholly unfounded; the respondents have taken care of the applicable provisions of the Rules and Act, and mere bald allegations to the contrary cannot be countenanced.