C.W.P. No. 16825 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 16825 of 2008 Decided on : 12-11-2008 Charanjit Singh ....Petitioner VERSUS Punjab State Electricity Board & others ....Respondents CORAM:-HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH. Present:- Mr. P.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. H.S. Grewal, Advocate for respondent Nos.2 & 3. Mr. Rajesh Bhatheja, Advocate for respondent Nos. 5 & 6.. HEMANT GUPTA, J The petitioner has invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court, to direct the Board to implement its policy for supply of 24 hours electricity to the residential houses in the rural areas at par with the urban areas. In reply, the Electricity Board has pointed that earlier, the petitioner was availing the supply from the rural feeder. But the Board has to install high tension wires for a distance of 1250 meters with polls etc. along with a 10 KVA transformer to supply electricity to the residential houses. The work of installation of polls and wires in the area of 450 meters is complete and about 400 meters has been covered by installing polls. However, the wires could not be installed as the continuation of installation of polls is not being permitted by private respondent No.6. As C.W.P. No. 16825 of 2008 -2- the said respondent along with others is creating hindrance in installation of polls and wires which are to pass in front of their houses. It is also mentioned that a Civil Suit has been filed claiming permanent injunction. But there is no interim order granted by the Civil Court as sought for. A perusal of the pleadings would show that the steps are being taken by the Electricity Board for providing electric supply to the rural areas at par with the urban areas. But the obstruction is being caused by the private respondents. Whether a particular route chosen by the Board is suitable or not, is a question which cannot be examined by the Court in exercise of the power of the judicial review. In the matter of transmission lines, the expertise which the Board has, cannot be interfered with unless, it can be shown that lines are being erected with malafides or otherwise is totally unreasonable. There is no material or the circumstance on record which may sufficient to infer any such fact. Therefore, we direct the respondents to complete installation of the high tension wires expeditiously. The Senior Superintendent of Police, District Moga, if necessary, shall provide necessary Police help if so required by the Board. With the said direction, the present writ petition is disposed of. (Hemant Gupta) Judge 12th November 2008. (Nawab Singh) Monika Judge