law: Indian Telegraph Act, 1885
  17. Removal or alteration of telegraph 1ine or post, on
  
  property other than that of a local authority
  (1) When, under the foregoing provisions of this Act, a
  
  telegraph line or post has been placed by the telegraph authority under, over,
  
  along, across, in or upon any property, not being property vested in or under
  
  the control or management of a local authority, and any person entitled to do
  
  so desires to deal with that property in such a manner as to render it
  
  necessary or convenient that the telegraph line or post should be removed to
  
  another part thereof or to a higher or lower level or altered in form, he may
  
  require the telegraph authority to remove or alter the line of post
  
  accordingly:
  PROVIDED that, if compensation has been paid under
  
  section 10, clause (d), he shall, when making the requisition, tender to the telegraph
  
  authority the amount requisite to defray the expense of the removal or
  
  alteration, or half of the amount paid as compensation, whichever may be the
  
  smaller sum.
  (2) If the telegraph authority omits to comply with the
  
  requisition, the person making it may apply to the District Magistrate within
  
  whose jurisdiction the property is situate to order the removal or alteration.
  (3) A District Magistrate receiving an application under
  
  sub-section (2) may, in his discretion, reject the same or make an order,
  
  absolutely or subject to conditions, for the removal of the telegraph line or
  
  post to any other part of the property or to a higher or lower level or for the
  
  alteration of its form; and the order so made shall be final.