Patna High Court
Smt. Parwati Devi vs The State Of Bihar And Ors on 19 June, 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11719 of 2017
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Smt. Parwati Devi Wife of Sri Baban Singh @ Baban Singh Yadav Resident
of Mohalla- Krishna Nagar Zero Mile, Post- Anaith, Police Station- Ara
Nawada, District- Bhojpur.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State Of Bihar
2. Principal Secretary, Energy Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
3. Managing Director, Bihar State Power Transmission Company Limited, 4th
Floor, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna - 800001
4. Director Project, Head Quarter, State Power Transmission Company
Limited, 4th Floor, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna - 800001
5. General Manager, Head Quarter, Bihar State Power Transmission Company
Limited, 4th Floor Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna - 800001
6. Chief Engineer Electrical, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna Bihar.
7. Superintending Engineer Electrical Transmission Anchal, Dehri-on- Sone.
8. Executive Engineer Electrical Bhojpur at Ara.
9. Assistant Executive Engineer Transmission, Sub- Division 132/33 Grid Sub
Station, Bhojpur at Ara.
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ramashray Roy, Advocate
For the State : Mr.Abbas Hardher - SC 6
For the BSPTC : Mr. Ritesh Kumar, Advocate
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CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY
ORAL JUDGMENT
Date : 19-06-2025
1. Heard the Learned counsel for the
parties.
2. The petitioner has filed the instant
application for the following reliefs:
"That this is an application
for issuance of an appropriate
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writ/writs, order/orders, direction/
directions, directing the respondent
authorities restraining them from
passing electric wire of one lac 32
thousand K.V. through the roof of the
residential house of petitioner and as
such it is dangerous to life and property
of the petitioner and that too, without
any notice or knowledge of the
petitioner and For any other
relief/reliefs for which the petitioner is
entitled to."
3. At the very outset, Learned counsel
for the respondents contended that since this
matter is squarely covered under the order dated
26.06.2024
passed in CWJC No. 17625 of 2016
(Lalmuni Devi Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.)
by this Court in which this Court has passed the
order in light of the judgment passed by the
Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of The Power Grid
Corporation of India Limited vs Century
Textiles & Industries Ltd & Ors. reported in
2017(2) PLJR (SC) 152, this writ petition may
also be disposed of on the same terms and
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conditions.
4. After perusal of the aforesaid
judgment, the Learned counsel for the petitioner
seeks liberty to file appropriate application for
compensation before the appropriate authority.
5. Having regard to the submissions
made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the
present writ petition stands disposed of in terms of
the aforesaid judgment passed in CWJC No.
17625 of 2016 (supra) in light of the judgment
passed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of
The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
(supra) with liberty to the petitioner to seek
necessary compensation by approaching the
concerned Civil Court and in case, any such
petition is filed within a period of four weeks from
the date of receipt of copy of this order, the same
shall be examined and considered on merits by the
appropriate court and shall be disposed of
expeditiously.
6. With the aforesaid direction the writ
petition stands disposed of.
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7. Interlocutory Application, if any, shall
stands disposed of.
(G. Anupama Chakravarthy, J)
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