CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 14878 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 14878 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION: JANUARY 17, 2011 Major Baldev Singh .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH PRESENT: Mr. R.K. Agnihotri, Advocate,for Mr. U.K.Agnihotri, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. S.S. Patter, D.A.G., Haryana for the State. Mr. Mohnish Sharma, Advocate, for respondent Nos.2 to 4. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking mandamus for directing the respondents to remove the high tension feeder line laid in his fields and also to further adequately compensate him on account of loss caused to him by the respondents. The petitioner has averred that there is no remedy of appeal or revision against the action of the respondents. On the other hand, counsel for the respondents has drawn my attention to the provisions of Rule 52 of Indian Electricity Rules 1956 (for short 'the Rules'), which provides that the CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 14878 of 2009 -2- appeal may be filed before Inspector where any consumer is dissatisfied with the action of the supplier in declining to commence or to recommence the supply of energy to his premises on the grounds that the installation is defective or is likely to danger. In support, reference is made to the decision of this Court in CWP No.3933 of 2007, Harinder Pal Singh Versus State of Haryana and others, decided on December 14, 2009. Since the respondents themselves have conceded that an alternative remedy of appeal would be available to the petitioner under Rule 52 of the Rules, the averment made in the writ petition that the petitioner has no alternative remedy can not be accepted. Since the petitioner has efficacious alternative remedy, he is relegated to invoke the same. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. January 17, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) monika JUDGE