Saraswathi Halder v. the Superintending Engineer and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Electricity connection; trespasser in settled possession; entitlement irrespective of right, title and interest; occupant of government revenue land; direction to Superintending Engineer to process application; subject to statutory formalities and absence of absolute legal bar or compelling reasons; time-bound compliance within eight weeks; reliance on Abhimanyu Mazumdar (Full Bench) AIR 2011 Cal 64 and M.S.Rajendran WPA/357/2024 (order dated 06.09.2024); writ petition disposed; High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair; Arindam Mukherjee, J.; advocates P. Kannan (petitioner) and S. C. Mishra (respondents).
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondents to process the writ petitioner's application for electricity connection and provide the connection unless there is an absolute bar in law or other compelling reasons, subject to compliance with all necessary formalities, to be completed within eight weeks from the date of the order.