{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-11/kseb-engineer-summoned-pachalam-poles","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-11/kseb-engineer-summoned-pachalam-poles.md","title":"KSEB Engineer Summoned by Kerala High Court Over Pole Relocation","headline":"Kerala High Court Summons KSEB Engineer Over Unresubmitted Pachalam Pole Relocation Application","description":"Kerala High Court ordered a KSEB assistant executive engineer to appear on November 18 over an unrectified application to move electric poles near the Pachalam overbridge.","section":"Legal & Disputes","published_at":"2026-11-11T15:15:44+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-11T15:15:44+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["The Kerala High Court directed KSEB's Ernakulam central subdivision assistant executive engineer to appear in person on November 18.","The court had ordered KSEB to rectify defects and resubmit its relocation application before October 14.","The PIL was filed by Sujith C Sukumaran of Pachalam, Kochi, seeking measures to ease traffic congestion at Pachalam junction."],"companies":[{"name":"KSEB","is_primary":true,"profile_url":null,"website":"https://pgea.in"}],"source":{"publisher":"The Times of India","title":"Relocation of power poles at Pachalam: Kerala HC summons KSEB assistant executive engineer","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/relocation-of-power-poles-at-pachalam-kerala-hc-summons-kseb-assistant-executive-engineer/articleshow/135741414.cms"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Legal & Disputes","KSEB"],"body_markdown":"The Kerala High Court has ordered KSEB's Ernakulam central subdivision assistant executive engineer to appear in person on November 18 and explain why the board did not resubmit its application to relocate electric poles near the Pachalam overbridge. The [Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/relocation-of-power-poles-at-pachalam-kerala-hc-summons-kseb-assistant-executive-engineer/articleshow/135741414.cms) reported the order on November 11. KSEB is Kerala's state electricity board.\n\n## Why the Pachalam Pole Application Stalled\n\nA bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice V M Syam Kumar issued the order on a PIL filed by Sujith C Sukumaran of Pachalam, Kochi, seeking measures to ease traffic congestion at Pachalam junction. According to the petitioner, traffic snarls had developed at the junction, where Chathiyath Road intersects Mathai Manjooran Road, because of electrical installations put up by the KSEB. The petitioner submitted that removing these installations would ease the traffic bottleneck.\n\nRailway authorities had earlier pointed out defects in the KSEB's application seeking permission to relocate the electric poles jutting onto the road near the Pachalam overbridge to railway property. Following those submissions, the court directed the board to rectify the defects and resubmit the application before October 14. When the PIL came up for hearing on Wednesday, railway authorities told the court that the KSEB had not yet submitted a proper application in compliance with that earlier order.\n\nThe bench then directed the assistant executive engineer to appear in person and explain the reason for the non-compliance. While adjourning the PIL to November 18, the court expressed the expectation that the KSEB would submit a proper application by then.\n\n## KSEB's Recent Power Procurement Moves\n\nOn October 21, KSEB sought KSERC approval to procure power worth ₹336.246 crore through the DEEP e-bidding portal from October 2026 to April 2027, citing deficient rainfall and high temperatures that it said would cause a 1,200-1,500MW deficit in March-April 2027, the Times of India reported. On October 28, the board was awaiting state government approval to continue buying power from Himachal Pradesh at Rs 14.5 per unit, with a peak-hour shortage of about 900MW looming from November 1, the same outlet reported. On November 9, KSEB told the government it would not need extra power for November and December, prompting a review of a proposed 500MW purchase from GNA Energy at Rs 8.9 per unit, the Times of India reported.\n\n## November 18 Hearing Set for Pachalam PIL\n\nThe PIL is adjourned to November 18, when the assistant executive engineer is due to appear before the bench. The court has said it expects a proper application from the KSEB by that date.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}