IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE and HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5774 of 2008 Between: Thotakuri Basawaiah S/o. Ramaiah, R/o. Choppakatlapalem, (V) (M), Bonakallur of Khammam District. ... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintendent Engineer, A.P., Transco., Khammam, Khammam District. 2 The Divisional Engineer, A.P. Transco., Sathupally, Khammam District. 3 The Assistant Engineer A.P., Transco., at Bonakallu of Khammam District. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents to install the sanctioned transformer on the narrow road, i.e. 13.8 Feet road, which is Sanctioned Transformer on the narrow Road, i.e., 13.8 Feet road, which is dangerous to the lives of farmers and cattle, as illegal, improper and inhuman and direct the respondents to install the said proposed transformer on the adjacent land which is provided by the Villagers on free of cost which is less than 50 meters far from the present place. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.G.LNARASIMHA RAO & ASSOCIATES Counsel for Respondents: MR.O.MANOHER REDDY The Court made the following: Order: (Per HC, J) This is a Public Interest Litigation wherein a grievance is made to the eﬀect that a transformer has been erected in such a manner that it would obstruct passing of tractors. In pursuance of the notice issued by this court, the learned Advocate appearing for the respondents has stated that the transformer has not been erected on the public street/road, but it has been erected on the land belonging to a private citizen, who has been duly compensated. Upon perusal of the photograph, Ex.P.5, it is very clear that the transformer is not on the main road. The transformer is not erected on the main road, but because of overloading of the tractor, if the tractor driver ﬁnds it diﬃcult to drive his tractor, the fault lies with the overloaded vehicle and not with the location of the transformer. In our opinion, the grievance ventilated in the petition is not justified. The petition is accordingly rejected. ________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ. _____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. September 2, 2008 MRR