Arun Kumar v. The District Collector
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge disposal (not adjudication) of a writ petition seeking certiorarified mandamus against a TANGEDCO refusal of electricity service connection to a temple situated on Natham Poramboke land; Tahsildar directed to communicate his objection order within four weeks, petitioner left free to challenge it. Keywords: Natham Poramboke; electricity service connection; temple; TANGEDCO; No Objection Certificate; Tahsildar; tax receipt; Town Panchayat Commissioner; certiorarified mandamus; Article 226; disposal without costs; Trichy; Musiri/Musuri Taluk; Arulmigu Sri Angalamman Thirukovil.
What did the court decide?
None of the prayed reliefs was granted: the impugned TANGEDCO order was not quashed and no electricity service connection was directed. Instead, the second respondent was directed to communicate its objection order to the petitioner within four weeks, after which the petitioner may challenge it; the petition was disposed of without costs and the connected miscellaneous petition closed.