Disposed

M/S.Indus Towers Limited v. the Commissioner of Police

Madras HC26 Apr 2022WP(MD)/22826/2021

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The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court disposed of the writ petition filed by M/s.Indus Towers Limited. The Court directed the District Collector to process an installation application within a month and directed police authorities to grant protection immediately if permission is obtained, considering the petitioners' history of encountering resistance.

What did the court decide?

Directed District Collector to dispose application within one month; directed police to consider protection request on merits and grant immediately if permission is obtained.

M/S.Indus Towers Limited Vs the Commissioner of Police — Service and Employment | Madras HC (2022)

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W.P(MD).No.22826 of 2021

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 26.04.2022 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN W.P(MD).No.22826 of 2021

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M/s.Indus Towers Limited, having its circle office at 5 (NP), Espee, IT Park, 5^th Floor, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Ekkatuthangal, Chennai – 600 097. Represented by its Assistant Legal Manager, S.Prasanna. ... Petitioner Vs .

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1.The Commissioner of Police, Commissioner Police Office, Trichy City. 2.The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Srirangam Sub-Division, Trichy City. 3.The Inspector of Police, Woraiyur Police Station, Trichy. 4.The District Collector, District Collector Office, Trichy. 5.The Tahsildar, Srirangam, Trichy. 6.The Municipal Commissioner, Trichy Municipal Corporation. ... Respondents Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the Respondents 1 to 3 to provide the effective police protection to the petitioner company to erect transmission cell phone tower and to install all the telecommunication electrical and electronics equipments, OFC Cable and its maintenance work on the said BTS transmission Tower at S.F. No.18/4, No.2, ESK Nagar, Melapandamangalam, Maruthandakurichy, Trichy -620102., and direct the Respondents 4 to 6 to co-operative with Respondents 1 to 3.

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For Petitioner : Mr.T.N.Karthikeyan For R1 and R5 : Mr.K.Sanjai Gandhi Government Advocate (Crl. Side) For R6 : Mr.R.Baskaran Standing Counsel

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W.P(MD).No.22826 of 2021

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ORDER

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Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, the learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) appearing for the respondents 1 to 5 and the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the sixth respondent.

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2.The petitioner is engaged in the business of operation and maintenance of mobile phone towers across India for all the mobile phone operators / service providers. The petitioner has given an application on 27.08.2021 to the fourth respondent for installation of telecom infrastructure with allied equipments at S.F. No.18/4, No.2, ESK Nagar, Melapandamangalam, Maruthandakurichy, Trichy -620102. The said application is yet to be processed. Since the petitioner has also been encountering resistance in almost every place of work, they have been filing writ petitions before this Court for being provided with police protection for carrying out their works. Those writ petitions have been disposed of with certain directions. One such order dated 29.11.2021, made in W.P.(MD) No.21180 of 2021 has been enclosed in the typed set. In consonance with the said order, this writ petition is disposed of in the following directions:~

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i) The application dated 27.08.2021 submitted by the petitioner to the fourth respondent shall be disposed of by the fourth respondent within a month in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Government from time to time.

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ii) The result of the application must be intimated to the petitioner within a week thereafter.

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iii) Depending upon the outcome of the permission application, the petitioner is at liberty to make proper representation for taking police protection, if any necessity arises mentioning the facts and circumstances and necessity.

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iv) If such request or representation is made by the petitioner, the respondent police is hereby directed to consider the same on merits and give police protection, if permission is granted by the District Collector for installing mobile phone towers in the area as mentioned in this writ petition, immediately.

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No costs.

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W.P(MD).No.22826 of 2021

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Note : In view of the present lock down owing to COVID-19 pandemic, a web copy of the order may be utilized for official purposes, but, ensuring that the copy of the order that is presented is the correct copy, shall be the responsibility of the advocate/litigant concerned.

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6.The Municipal Commissioner, Trichy Municipal Corporation.

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+1 CC to M/s.T.N.KARTHIKEYAN, Advocate ( SR-21309[F] dated 26/04/2022 )

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W.P(MD).No.22826 of 2021 26.04.2022

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RS (25.05.2022) 3P-8C

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