law: Electricity Act, 2003
  68. Overhead lines.-
  1.     
  
    An
  
  overhead line shall, with prior approval of the Appropriate Government, be
  
  installed or kept installed above ground in accordance with the provisions of
  
  sub-section (2).
  2.     
  
    The
  
  provisions contained in sub-section (1) shall not apply--
  a.      in relation to an
  
  electric line which has a nominal voltage not exceeding 11 kilovolts and is
  
  used or intended to be used for supplying to a single consumer;
  b.     in relation to so
  
  much of an electric line as is or will be within premises in the occupation or
  
  control of the person responsible for its installation; or
  c.      in such other cases,
  
  as may be prescribed.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
    The
  
  Appropriate Government shall, while granting approval under sub-section (1),
  
  impose such conditions (including conditions as to the ownership and operation
  
  of the line) as appear to it to be necessary.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  Appropriate Government may vary or revoke the approval at any time after the
  
  end of such period as may be stipulated in the approval granted by it.
  5.     
  
    Where
  
  any tree standing or lying near an overhead line or where any structure or
  
  other object which has been placed or has fallen near an overhead line
  
  subsequent to the placing of such line, interrupts or interferes with, or is
  
  likely to interrupt or interfere with, the conveyance or transmission of
  
  electricity or the accessibility of any works, an Executive Magistrate or
  
  authority specified by the Appropriate Government may, on the application of
  
  the licensee, cause the tree, structure or object to be removed or otherwise
  
  dealt with as he or it thinks fit.
  6.     
  
    When
  
  disposing of an application under sub-section (5), an Executive Magistrate or
  
  authority specified under that sub-section shall, in the case of any tree in
  
  existence before the placing of the overhead line, award to the person
  
  interested in the tree such compensation as he thinks reasonable, and such
  
  person may recover the same from the licensee.
  Explanation--  For the purposes of
  
  this section, the expression "tree" shall be deemed to include any
  
  shrub, hedge, jungle growth or other plant.