KGMU moves to cut off illegal domestic power at Haji Harman Shah tomb

King George Medical University (KGMU) has taken decisive steps to disconnect a domestic electricity line that was illegally attached to the Haji Harman Shah tomb in Lucknow. University officials allege the connection was obtained using forged documentation and have appealed for legal removal of the supply.

According to K.C. Singh, the tomb occupies a modest 2,500‑square‑foot area, but is surrounded by a larger 20,000‑square‑foot parcel of university land that had been occupied without permission for many years. The university cleared the encroachment roughly two and a half years ago and asserted its control over the property.

Attempts by other claimants to secure ownership through the High Court were rebuffed twice, leaving KGMU’s title to the land unquestioned.

The university’s nodal officer learned on July 24 that an electricity connection was being installed at the site – a development that the university described as unexpected. When the university’s public relations officer investigated, a letter confirmed that the caretaker of the tomb had indeed arranged the power supply.

Two critical irregularities were identified: no No‑Objection Certificate had been issued by KGMU for a connection on its property, and the connection was classified as a domestic supply rather than a commercial one, which is inappropriate for the usage.

KGMU reported the issue to the police and contacted the electricity department’s junior engineer. After receiving unsatisfactory responses, the university called in law enforcement to halt the illegal supply and filed formal complaints with all relevant officials.