IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATE: 19-01-2010 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN WRIT PETITION NO.848 OF 2010 AND M.P.NO.1 OF 2010 N.G.Lokanathan .. Petitioner. Versus 1.Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, rep. By its Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Pumping Station Road, Chintadripet, Chennai-60 002. 2.The Area Engineer/Executive Engineer, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Area-1, Division-8, No.4/1,Rathinasabapathy Street, Old Washermenpet, Chennai-600 021. 3.Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, Rep. By its Member Secretary, No.1, Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai-600 008. .. Respondents. Prayer: Petition filed seeking for a Writ of Mandamus, directing the first and the second respondents to receive, process and accord water and sewerage service connection to the premises put up at New No.14/1, Old No.44/1, Eakamparam Chetty Street, Old Washermenpet, Chennai-600 021, comprised in O.S.No.811 and 811-A, C.C.No.2349, R.S.No.1865/16, Patta C.A.No.769/2000-2001 of Tondiarpet Village, Block No.33, Fort-Tondiarpet Taluk, without insisting on production of completion certificate/No Objection Certificate from the third respondent. For Petitioner : Mr.K.Bommuraj For Respondents : Mr.G.S.Mohan (R1 & R2) Mr.D.Veerasekaran (R3) O R D E R This writ petition has been filed praying for a Writ of Mandamus to direct the first and the second respondents to receive and process the application of the petitioner to accord water and sewerage connections to the premises at New No.14/1, Old No.44/1, Eakamparam Chetty Street, Old Washermenpet, Chennai-600 021, comprised in O.S.No.811 and 811-A, C.C.No.2349, R.S.No.1865/16, Patta C.A.No.769/2000-2001 of Tondiarpet Village, Block No.33, Fort- https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ Tondiarpet Taluk, without insisting on the production of the completion certificate/No Objection Certificate from the third respondent or from the other authorities concerned. 2. At this stage of the hearing of the writ petition, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner had submitted that he had constructed a building in the above mentioned survey numbers, consisting of stilt +2 floors. According to G.O.(Ms) No.139, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Metro Water) Department, dated 15.10.2007, the completion certificate would have to be obtained from the competent authority only for multi storeyed buildings and special buildings. Special Buildings have been defined, as buildings with ground +3 floors and Multi storeyed buildings are defined, as buildings with more than four floors. Since, the petitioner has obtained the approval of the revised plan for the construction of stilt +2 floors, from the Corporation of Chennai, the said government order, dated 15.10.2007, would not apply to the petitioner's building. 3. The learned counsel had also pointed out an earlier order, dated 22.12.2009, passed by this Court, in W.P.No.26824 of 2009, wherein, a direction had been issued to the respondents therein to provide drainage and water connections to the premises of the petitioner, without insisting on the completion certificate from the concerned authorities. Therefore, it has been prayed that the respondents may be directed to effect water and sewerage connections to the petitioner's premises, without insisting on the No Objection Certificate from the third respondent authority. 4. The learned counsels appearing on behalf of the respondents have no objection for this Court passing such an order. 5. In view of the submissions made by the learned counsels appearing for the parties concerned, the petitioner is permitted make an application to the first and the second respondents seeking for drainage and water connections to the premises of the petitioner, within a period of two weeks from today. On receipt of such application, the first and the second respondents are directed to consider the same and effect water and sewerage connections to the petitioner's premises, as prayed for by him, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the said application, without insisting that the petitioner should produce a completion certificate/No Objection Certificate from the third respondent or from any other authority concerned. The writ petition is disposed of with the above directions. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. Sd/- Asst. Registrar. /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar. csh https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ To 1.Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Pumping Station Road, Chintadripet, Chennai-60 002. 2.The Area Engineer/Executive Engineer, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Area-1, Division-8, No.4/1,Rathinasabapathy Street, Old Washermenpet, Chennai-600 021. 3.The Member Secretary, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, No.1, Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai-600 008. + 1 CC To Mr.K.Bommuraj, Advocate SR NO.3159 + 1 CC To Mr.D.Veerasekaran, Advocate SR NO.3077 + 1 CC To Mr.G.S.Mohan, CMWSS-Board SR NO.3196 Writ Petition No.848 of 2010 TM (CO) SS (22.01.2010) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/