^ ^^ IN THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPISR 'WRIT APPEAL N0. l^ 2. , /2008 APPELLANT PETITIONER •*' (A^ <^^^""" •^ ^ •0-> ./•' RESPONDENTS .$ ^ 2.frs^ i^. ^' P "yy"^. .p Century Textiles 85 Industries Ltd. , ( A Company incorporated : and registered under Indian ' Companies Act, 1956) Proprietor, Century Textiles & Industries Ltd., Registered Office at Centuiy Bhawan, Dr. Annie f Besent Road, Mumbai 400 025 Local Office : Century Cement at ~- Baikunth, Tahsil Tilda, District Raipur (C.G.) ; VERSUS 1. The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited through : Its Principal Officer, Deputy General Manager, Sub-Station Grid, G.E. Road, Kumhari, Distt. Durg (C.G.) 2. State of Chhattisgarh through :• Secretary Mineral Resources^ i^'"' \w.^ Department, D.K.S. Bhawan, «,<w-~ \0ild?ir- * ^ ' ,\^,AJt>?' Mantralaya, Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 3. District Collector, (Mining Section) Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 4. Tahsildar, Tahsil Tilda, Distt. <-"' ^" Raipur (C.G.; ^ WRIT APPEAL UNDER SECTION 2(1) OF CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT (APPEAL TO DIVISION BENCH1, ACT. 2006 . HIGI^OUR»^Cttl-«fiIilSG»R 3!^BM..ASBUR Wi-tt^DRearNBffiN2?®f'20Q8 ADDellant/ ^etjtSoner ^entury^'t>d:ile&&lndustnes ijgQsa/|rg§^(SBd|^orp<^6n':l?Qf: silifttijtiijt.&i;@ttiei"s.^<';.;';.-:,':;l. VVrit^ppeatAHTdeFl^e(^iQB2fR,iQN^&aff®aFiMJat')i(>ou(Kg (ADpegllto[^^<3n B6ycM)lAet,j2£3Q©^^^ ^ DB: H6rt'ble^hii>Jusiticel.lW.<aydciusi& H6n<bleiShri,,(ustiCe N. X.lAggrwaI. j ;:1 Is 11] !n i •ni ^TZ Present : ShriGautam'BNadurir^vi^efortKeapDe^ Shri PS^ KosHy v^ Shri! Watt^ Mvoc^is fw ;respon(^nt;N®:1.^^l.i.;...;'.^':^S':|^Y::' Sftri ; ^ 1'baktK^^ ©eputylil^d^ ^ .'Staf^respQB<^rrt;N(3^t&:^^^:®':';;.^''.^:l::. ..^^^a^e||^|^||||^jB^^|i|||ei/^^^|^.^;^^ .. :Perl.M.^utld:Slisi,'y<'':::.i."f°i'^)'"[^^.;^^:^ 1. ^bis writ appeafrhas been ^l^sagaiRstl^^ Qrderdated11.p^008,pa^ed|^!tl^|learr^SingleJu^ig in Writ Petition;^) N0. l^.of':^^ petitioin.' ;•.. •:'\;<V: ,;• :.'^; ;:':'';:;|4!;:^.,.'^ 2. Brief faets of tllel case are;tf^ntR^v^ oompany;whiGh^pEiyates^iKei^-|m^eist^eKWl^is^^ fOTmanufaGlurin^'eement^asiti^SelliaSjUlSctutel^ ,' <- :. :also..;;The,State^©owerEmer) |||i||g^ . 7^8^::heciaiFes^t^wN^pjaen8|i§^|M|t^||a|£g^6i^e8i^| •'.after: apRre l.l^.z|fld:ia 'Byreau|!®f||IB>|egg^i|s|^|'|^^ ^:^'^;;^®lffiffillS5;WS;lW;^.i^^ :;©t^roment:.'ptlnGl».';:^|e^ ijrig||(^isisiS|ateta.|^ 'i'.r •i- '•s ffi§ ^^! mi »» ^i,l-/^:-S''.':;K&ffiSi®IMIKiiliMI®BiiS8SII BffliBSB8SBB8BiB iftlSftHB i " (.-!M,' ^aauidaBusa Tulsi and Bahesar. There was atready existing 400 KV Transmission Line from Korba to Raipur erected in the year 1999. Further proposal of respondent No. 1 for erection of High Tension Lineand Towers coming into the mining area of the writ appellant at a distanee of 100 meters from the said 400 KV Transmission Line was being filed. Being aggrieved, thewrit appellant approached this court by filing writ petition whteh was dismissed as above by the learned Single Judge. Hencethis writappeal. There isa condition that there shall be no blasting operation in the vicinity of 300 meters from the existing power line. There is only onetower on thehigli tension line areawhich will affect fortMe purpose of blagting {which was proposed lafer on in the| year^2006); hfowevgr^ !one tower is at the boarder of thelmining area ofthie writ appellacrt. Besides this, there is also Magazine Building of the writ appellant near to that placeancf ttierefore, it wbyld not be possible to allow blasting o^eration within that area. LearnedSingle Judge dismissed the above writ petition with the following qbservations: "25. From the pleading of ttte respective parties, itisobseryectthat:^ i. There isalready existing 40Q KV Tr^ismission Line from Korba to Raigur ereeted in the year 1999 ata'distanceofabout 100 metersfromthe propOsed?poweFtine.ThepetitioRercanhot^do't|^^^ blasting operatiort in the vieinity jof 300 metere i from theexisting power line|also,jfhys orily 100 ^ ! ;t...< 'i' ;i11 s. meters strip of lease hold larid and only a short span of two towers would be affected by erection ofthenewtransmissionline; ii. The Explosiye Magazine Building ofthecompany is also situated in the s^me area. That ateQ preMibits the petitioner from using explosive in its vicinity forthe purpose of mining lime stones; iii. Rule 83 (2) of the indian Electricity Rules, 1956 prohibits blasting for any purpose within 300 meters from the boundary of sub-station or from the high yoltage or extra-high voltage electric supply lines or towers strueture without the eonsultation of the owner bf such sub-station or electric supply lines or tower structures and in case of minirig lease hold area, without the written permission of the Chief Inspector of MinesortheEleetneallnspectorofMines; iv. Out of 410 towers to beerected in the span of 149t43 km., 408 itQWere^have already been ; erected by re^pqnclent No, 1j and only two towers remains to be erected so as to complete the project; and v. TNe transmi^sion lihe under construction runes parallel to the other existing line commissioned in the year1999 and tliere are field limitation asalso technical limitations enymerated by the respondent No. 1 in para 5.1fi of their affidavit | making theehange in thesaid routeialighment of ' ! Sipat-Raipur (ransmission completely impossible." Before proeeeding witrt the matter, it is; necessary to: peruse Section 10 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (for short 'tlle Act, 188^ and Section ffi6t of the Electricity Act, 2003i short'theAct,2003')whiGUarereRroducedasundeF;i J— i;_«t-?.:.„;.;...—.,. aai ^- N1 !>i; la1 ;ili !'1:!Si| l;il;1 :s!> '•••- !'li)i)!.; tW ; •SJ9/lAod8S04};|09g|OJ3X8 syi p yosBeij^ Aq fiu8si|t Aq psuieisns eSeiuep Aue jcy^ pstssjstyi suosjsd l|Boiup!iESU8diuooi|n^i<ed|(e4sl(o)3snB|o uio}(»jja|sj}eqtuet|t.iai.|ioA}.i8dojdAue JO pSdSSJ Ul SjSAAOd SSOlj} P8SIOJ8X9 %4 }! usym 'pue 'alqissOd se sBeuuep aiu!| SB op ||eys A}uoy}riB tidej6s|Sii sy( 'upipes sjyi Aq paus^uoo sjgfMod st)} ^o ssicusxs sift U! •p pue 'AtuotitnetBift p uoissiLujsd sifl inoyijM 'AiuoijinB |E!30| AUB loiusi-usBeyeiu jo |oj}yoo.sq} jspun jo ui petSSAAyedcyd Auejoiosdsej uisjeMOd esoqi asiojsxe IQU |(ei|s AiuoLiine ydBjBeiai sy} 'FispjAojd jeyeuisjsq SB }d9fflo •o puB'iso<Jadauj(qdej63|8}Aue S9oe|d Atijoytne t|dejB3|a) skj} ijoiyM uodn jo uj ssaioe 'Byoie 'JSAO 'jspun Aijsdcud ayi ui A|UO jesnjQieqy ueiii j8t|io iqBu Aue sjinboe }ou ||eys [}U8tUujsA09 lejiuao] sqi •q 'peuieiuieiu.io pgMS!|qe}S&osaqotj6 '[tUStuuiisAps |ejiuao]3wAq psuiEtuielujo peqsiiqetBa 4dej6s|9} e }o sssodjnd 341 joj ideoxs uojtoss SJLII Aq paijajuoo sjaMod 9t|} esjojaxe }QU ||eqs</i}uoytne qdej6s|8) sy} 'e 1l!;l: -4EL|}pap!Aojd ^ • • •' • . ' ' -:.' ••.'.• :Ay3dojd siqeAoiuiu! Aue yodn jo ui sfsod pue 'SSOJOB jo '6uo|B 'jeAO 'jspun suil ydej68|9} e ujetuieLU pue 8oe|d 'SLU!} olsiuit iuojj 'ABLU Aiuoqine qdej63|9} eyi-sisod pue saui| ydejBaiai uietuieui puea3e|doiAiuoyinBydBj6a|a»j(y-iaMO(i•fl(,,, •m ^sxs^ e^^t, <fcS, r.ia' I :!1 .1; iHi! 164. Exereise of powers of Telegraph Authorjty in certain cases- The Approprierte Govemment may, by order in writing, for the placing of electric liries or electrieal plarrt for the transmission df electricity or fbr the purpose of telephpnic or tel^raphic communications hecessary for the proper co-onjination of works, confer upon ainy public officer, Ijcensee or any other person; engaged in fhe business of supplying electrieity under this Act, subject to such etinclitions and reslricted, if any, as the Apprepriate Oovernment may think Tit to impose and tothe provisiorre of^e IndianTelegraphAct, 1885 (13 of 1885), any;of the ppwers yvhich the -^.::'':^ : ; !';;..'.: telegraph authority possesses under WatAct wilh respeettotheplacingoftelegraphlinesandpOsts for ttie parposes of a lelegraphestablished or malrrtaiB^, by the' IGo^rnment or to^^^ b^ establisfied^or maintaineci." ; There is nojdoubt that the towere areewsting within the area of mining lease and thus^there will be loss not^^o writ appeKanttoytthe State CioVernnient will also be depriyed ofgetting!royalty,andtl'Tus,ontheonehancl,whentheMigh tension wire lying js, in pi.iblic interest, oh the other hand; therewill Lbetossto (he Qovemn'ienfr'excheqfcier ahc) will.be againstttiepublicinterest. ; J 1 Contention oflearned <»UTisel?appearihgfisrth^ respondefiit No. 1 isithat fhe writrtappellant is not entitled to !g^a^^ compensation/damageWmewoliprovisionsoftheT'^legraph At^, 1885^ whic^^empoWera;1:he.HgW|touse oft However/iwe are not on^tKteiissVe^ jiresent, as|^ xs'- 'w:& »;L^-""^;.^.. .^^•. "-^, f€l..\j 1:."T31J l^^^" ' <E»BM!Si'*~" alreadyobservedthatthewritappellanthasgotmininglease fbr 30 yearsand depriving him from doing minihg operation within the mining areawould certainly cause loss notonlyto thewrit appellant buttotheState exchequeralso. We have not considered the quantum of compensation or the area which is restncted from mining operation due to existence of towers orthe high tensionwire. 8. Therefore, in view pf aboye facts and circumstances of the case, we are of the opiniort that the respondent No. 3 i.e. District Collector, after providing proper opportunity of hearing to the parties, shall decide the<quantum of compensation/damages to be paid; However, if the District Collector comes to the conclusion that the eompensation is also liable tbtbe paid tb theState ©QVemment,he will refer the matter toithe State Government for constituting a HigH Power Committee, and if there is no claim from the stde of State Government, there woulct be no necessityto refer the mattertotheHigh Power Committee. 9. With the above observationand direction, this writ appeal is disposed of.No order asto costs, Sdf- I.M.Quddusi Judge Sd/- N.K. Agrawal Judge •?^' li'iSahu