Chennai: Electricity and water supplies are indeed important services for people, but of course not so for those who violate the approved building plan, said Madras High Court.
“The court may feel that the electrical termination can block not only violators, but also family members.
In such events, the authorities / courts must ensure that when passing temporary / final commands in the application, property tax, property tax, property tax, allegations Water and waste water must be five times fold from the offenders, until then the violation is governed properly, and the building was repaired in terms of plans, “said the division bench from the judiciary of S Vaidyanathan and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy on Friday.
“It (electricity) must be repaired at the premium level until illegal buildings are brought back according to the plan,” added the court.
It’s separate, officials must carry out periodic surprise inspections to break the place to check electricity theft.
If the exorbitant level is diffois, it will affect the monthly budget of the offenders and they will think twice to violate, because the accusation repeatedly, the judges said.
They further added that the court must be slow in providing assistance, far less temporary assistance in cases where violators approached the court to be relieved, because even the direction for disposal of representatives would bring up litigation and judges who had to ensure that there was no reduction of punishment shown to violators.
The bench passed the order while rejecting the request transferred by B Kanchana, a resident of Chennai City, looking for directions to the authorities to regulate the construction of housing built with violations of the approved building plan
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