Miss. Akaliaya v. the Superintending Engineer and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
WPA/486/2025; Miss. Akaliaya v. The Superintending Engineer and others; Calcutta High Court, Port Blair Circuit Bench; Shampa Sarkar, J.; disposed November 10, 2025; electric connection; settled possession irrespective of nature of possession; electricity as essential commodity; non-forest land condition; Assistant Engineer inspection; no equity claimed; no opinion on right, title, interest; two-month decision timeline; Lamba Line Village, Sri Vijaya Puram, South Andaman.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of by directing the concerned Assistant Engineer to consider the prayer for grant of electric connection to premises bearing survey plot No.2/P (around 150 sq.mtrs) at Lamba Line Village, Sri Vijaya Puram Tehsil, South Andaman District, allegedly occupied by the petitioner; inspection to be made and connection granted if possession is found and the land is not forest land, without the petitioner claiming any equity and without any opinion of the Court on her right, title and interest; entire issue to be decided within two months from communication of the order.