Legal Question in Consumer Law in India

Re: Individual water connection

Dear Sir,

In your circumstances of facts you have to make an application for individual water connection to your local municipal corporation. In case the corporation refuses individual water connection you may either file a writ petition before High Court or you may approach your District Consumer Forum and file a complaint under The Consumer Protection Act, with the help of some local lawyer.

Rajendra Babbar

Advocate

Re: Individual water connection

Please contact a local lawyer who is aware of the local municipal laws of your area, in order to find out whether you are indeed entitled to receive water connection or not.

If you find that you are entitled to water connection, then you may have an appropriate remedy in a Writ Petition before the Madras High Court, for which your local Advocate will be in a better position to advise you after considering all relevant facts and circumstances and documents of your case.

However, please note that prior to making the Writ Petition, you may be required to make a fresh application to the Municipal authorities for a water connection, as it appears that the earlier application for water supply was made by the builder, not by you personally.

An alternative remedy may also be available before the Municipal authority itself, subject to the provisions of your local municipal law.