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P.Rajamani v. the Designated Engineer

Madras HC27 Jan 2026WP/9727/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

electricity connection; TANGEDCO; domestic residential service connection; writ of mandamus; Section 226 Constitution of India; poromboke land; Anthiyur; Erode; Bhavani Taluk; Village Administrative Officer no objection certificate; patta request; property tax receipts; indemnity; Designated Engineer O&M; Junior Engineer; Chief Engineer; disposal with direction to apply afresh

What did the court decide?

Writ petition disposed of with direction to petitioner to apply afresh for a new service connection within 2 weeks, enclosing copy of property tax receipts and an indemnity (property being porambokke land); 2nd respondent to consider the application and pass orders within 3 weeks of receipt; no costs. ¶36

P.Rajamani Vs the Designated Engineer — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the 2nd respondent (Chief Engineer, TANGEDCO) should be directed to grant a Domestic Residential electricity connection to the petitioner's house situated at No, 11 B, Sivasakthi Nagar 2, Anthiyur, Erode. +1 more

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Court's answer

The writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to apply afresh for a new service connection within 2 weeks from receipt of a copy of the order.

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Ratio / Principle

The petitioner shall enclose a copy of the property tax receipts and an indemnity along with the fresh application, considering that the property in question is porambokke land.

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Key takeaways

On receipt of the fresh application with the enclosures, the 2nd respondent shall consider the application and pass orders within a period of 3 weeks therefrom; no costs.ratio¶36

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Judicature at Madras (P.T. Asha, J.), W.P.No.9727 of 2025, decided 27.01.2026: Disposed of a writ petition under Section 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a Writ of Mandamus directing the Chief Engineer, TANGEDCO (2nd respondent) to grant a Domestic Residential electricity connection to the petitioner's house at No, 11 B, Sivasakthi Nagar 2, Anthiyur, Erode, standing on poromboke land. The petitioner, resident for nearly 45 years (husband died 09.01.2017), had sought patta on 26.11.2018 (not considered), obtained a VAO no-objection certificate on 19.06.2020, applied for connection on 21.06.2020, received the 3rd respondent's document-demand notice of 22.06.2020, and made a representation on 11.11.2024 that drew only a reply dated 19.11.2024 deferring to the Bhavani Taluk office. TANGEDCO submitted the requisite documents were not enclosed and a complete application would be considered. Directing the petitioner to apply afresh within 2 weeks enclosing property tax receipts and an indemnity, the Court instructed the 2nd respondent to consider the application and pass orders within 3 weeks of receipt. No costs.

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W.P.No.9727 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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Dated : 27.01.2026

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE Ms. JUSTICE P.T. ASHA

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W.P.No. 9727 of 2025

P. Rajamani

...petitioner

Vs.

1.The Designated Engineer, O&M, Anthiyur, Erode.

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2.The Chief Engineer,

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Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO), 949- EVN Road, Erode- 638 009

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3.The Junior Engineer,

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Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO), Annamaduvu, Anthiyur- 638 314 ...respondents

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Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Section 226 of the Constitution of India for issue of Writ of Mandamus, directing the 2^nd respondent to grant Domestic Residential electricity connection to the petitioner's house situated at No, 11 B, Sivasakthi Nagar 2, Anthiyur, Erode.

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For petitioner : Mr. P.K.Harinath Babu

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For respondents : Mr. Syed Sibuthullah (TANGEDCO)

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O R D E R

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This writ petition is filed for the following relief:

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“To direct the 2^nd respondent to grant Domestic Residential electricity connection to the petitioner's house situated at No, 11 B, Sivasakthi Nagar 2, Anthiyur, Erode”

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The petitioner would submit that she is residing in the subject property for nearly 45 years along with her husband and her two children. The land in which they are residing is a poromboke land. The petitioner’s husband died on 09.01.2017. The petitioner would further submit that she made a request for issuance for patta on

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26.11.2018, which has not been considered.

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The case of the petitioner is that for the purpose of obtaining electricity connection, she had obtained ‘no objection certificate’ from the Village Administrative Officer, Anthiyur, Erode on 19.06.2020. The petitioner made an application dated 21.06.2020 before the 1^st respondent seeking electricity connection for the said property.

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On 22.06.2020, the 3^rd respondent issued a notice stating that required documents need to be furnished by the petitioner to provide new electricity supply and if the same is not provided within the said time limit the application would be rejected without any further intimation. Thereafter, on 11.11.2024 the petitioner made a representation to the respondents, to which the 2^nd respondent issued a reply dated 19.11.2024 queries will be clarified by the office of concerned Bhavani Taluk. However, there is no action on the side of the respondents. Therefore, the petitioner is before this Court.

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The learned counsel for the TANGEDCO would submit that

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the petitioner has not enclosed requisite documents to provide electricity service connection. If the application is made with all the requisite documents, the same will be considered and orders passed.

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Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the submission made by the learned counsel for the TANGEDCO, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to apply a fresh for a new service connection, within a period of 2 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The petitioner shall enclose a copy of the property tax receipts and an indemnity, along with the application considering the fact that the property in question is a porambokke land. On receipt of the same, the application shall be considered and orders passed by the 2^nd respondent within a period of 3 weeks therefrom. No costs.

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