CHENNAI: Buildings that do not have completion certificates cannot get electricity connections, as the Madras high court has stayed Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation’s (Tangedco) order withdrawing the requirement.
The state government on April 16, 2018, issued an order making building completion certificate mandatory for providing regular utility connections like electricity, water and sewage. Tangedco issued a memo dated May 14 this year to all of its field officers to insist on building completion certificates for providing new service connections.
After following the rule for four months, all of a sudden on October 6, Tangedco issued a memo withdrawing the order.
Assailing the withdrawal done without any rhyme or reason or any legal or factual basis, a public interest writ petition was filed by Coimbatore Consumer Cause, a consumer rights organisation, saying completion certificate was made mandatory for electricity connection after a series of directions from the high court.
