law: Indian Telegraph Act, 1885
  14. Power to alter position of gas or water pipes or
  
  drains
  The telegraph authority may, for the purpose of exercising the
  
  powers conferred upon it by this Act in respect of any property vested in or
  
  under the control or management of a local authority, alter the position
  
  thereunder of any pipe (not being a main) for the supply of gas or water, or of
  
  any drain (not being a main drain):
  PROVIDED that-
  (a) when the telegraph authority desires to alter the position
  
  of any such pipe or drain, it shall give reasonable notice of its intention to
  
  do so, specifying the time at which it will begin to do so, to the local
  
  authority, and, when the pipe or drain is not under the control of the local
  
  authority, to the person under whose control the pipe or drain is;
  (b) a local authority or person receiving notice under clause
  
  (a) may send a person to superintend the work, and the telegraph authority
  
  shall execute the work to the reasonable satisfaction of the person so sent.