IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN FRIDAY, THE 16TH DECEMBER 2011 / 25TH AGRAHAYANA 1933 WP(C).No. 30832 of 2011(D) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- N.O.MUHAMMED, S/O.OUSAL HAJI, NELLIMATTATHIL HOUSE, AYIROORPADAM P.O., KOTHAMANGALAM, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, PIN-686 692. BY ADV. SRI.M.V.LALU MATHEWS RESPONDENT(S): -------------------------- 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, VYDYUTHIBHAVAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001. 2. THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER, KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, ELECTRICAL SECTION NO.1, KOTHAMANGALAM, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT-686 691. 3. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, COLLECTORATE, ERNAKULAM-682 030. R1 & R2 BY ADV. SRI. SAJEEVKUMAR K. GOPAL, SC, KSEB. R3 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.G. GOPAKUMAR. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/12/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: VPV WPCNO.30832/2011 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1: COPY OF THE COMPLAINT SUBMITTED BEFORE KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD ASSISTANT ENGINEER DATED 5.10.2011. EXT.P1: COPY OF THE REPLY OF KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD ASSISTANT ENGINEER DATED 13.10.2011. EXT.P1: COPY OF THE COMPLAINT SUBMITTED BEFORE KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD ASSISTANT ENGINEER DATED 14.10.2011. EXT.P1: COPY OF THE COMPLAINT SUBMITTED BEFORE THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR DATED 16.11.2011. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: NIL /TRUE COPY/ P.A. TO JUDGE VPV P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ---------------------------------------------- WP (C) No. 30832 of 2011 ----------------------------------------------- Dated this the 16th day of December, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioner, a consumer of electrical energy has filed this writ petition mainly seeking a direction to the respondents to shift the transformer which respondents 1 and 2 propose to erect close to his property to another place. When the writ petition came up for hearing today, Sri.Sajiv Kumar. K. Gopal, the learned standing counsel appearing for Kerala State Electricity Board submitted on instructions that the second respondent will consider Ext.P3 representation submitted by the petitioner and take an appropriate decision thereon after affording him an opportunity of being heard and after conducting a local inspection. In such circumstances, I dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the second respondent to enquire into Ext.P3 complaint with notice to the petitioner and after affording him an opportunity of being heard and after conducting a local inspection and take an appropriate decision in the matter of locating the transformer expeditiously and in any event within WP (C) No. 30832 of 2011 2 one month from today. Needless to say the erection of the transformer shall await the decision on Ext.P3. Sd/- P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE. Rkc //true copy// PA to Judge.