IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.275 of 2006 Vidyawati Kumari, wife of Sri Krishna Kumar Karn, resident of New Colony, Kothipar, Maner, P.O. and P.S. Maner, District- Patna Versus 1. The Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg (Bailey Road), Patna through its Secretary 2. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg (Bailey Road), Patna 3. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg (Bailey Road), Patna 4. The General Manager-cum- Chief Engineer, Central Electricity Supply Zone, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg (Bailey Road), Patna 5. The Electrical Superintending Engineer, Patna West Circle, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna 6. The Electrical Executive Engineer, Electricity Supply Division, Bihta, P.O. & P.S.- Bihta, District Patna 7. The Assistant Electrical Engineer, Electric Supply Sub-Division, Maner, P.O & P.S. Maner, District Patna For the Petitioner :M/s Nand Kishore Prasad & Sushil Kumar Jha, Advocates For the Board :M/s Vinay Kirti Singh & Vijay Kumar Verma, Advocates 02/ 17.01.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”). 2. Petitioner has filed this writ petition stating that electric pole has been affixed in front of her house, which is causing inconvenience and hardship to her. 3. Counsel for the Board states that in the light of the provisions of the Electricity Act, it is the discretion of - 2 - the authorities of the Board to affix pole at a place which is convenient for transmission of the electricity to the different consumers. 4. In rejoinder, counsel for the petitioner submitted that in front of the house of petitioner, there is vacant Government land over which the pole in question may be shifted at her cost so as to maintain the alignment of the pole in question with other poles which are also affixed in the same lane. 5. Having heard counsel for the parties, I direct the petitioner to approach the Electrical Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Bihta, Patna, who should look into the grievance of the petitioner and shift the pole in question to a place, which is convenient to the petitioner at her cost, as early as possible, in any case within two months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order. 6. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. Arjun/ (V.N. Sinha, J.)