The petitioners herein claim to be the owners and possessors of different extents of land situated in Rayanapadu village, Vijayawada Rural Mandal and Guntupalli village, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal of Krishna District.

This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in proposing to erect poles and lay two Nos. 400 KV double circuit lines through the lands of the petitioners as arbitrary, illegal and in violation of the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003.

It is pleaded by the petitioners that originally a 400 KV line under Vijayawada Power Transmission Scheme was sought to be laid in the property belonging to the Railways. However, subsequently, the proposal was changed and the respondents wanted to form the line through the lands belonging to certain ryots. Since the said ryots brought influence from various levels, the stream of line was again changed and now the respondents intended to form the lines through the lands belonging to the petitioners. Pursuant thereto, on 16-01-2009, the officials of the respondents came to the land of the petitioners and put up flags stating that the work would be started in fourth week of January, 2009.