1. In this writ application, the petitioner seeks indulgence of this Court for issuance of appropriate writ, order or direction commanding the respondent Bihar State Electricity Board and its Officers to remove illegal over head 33000 Volts electric line from the petitioners urban land bearing Plot No. 690, Khata No. 293, Tauzi No. 5855, Thana No. 17, Ward No.2 situated at Nasriganj under Danapur Municipality which was purchased by the petitioner for residential purpose. A further prayer has been made for a direction to the respondents to pay the cost of litigation amounting to Rs. 25,000.00 .

2. The facts of the case lie in a very narrow compass:The petitioner purchased the aforementioned land (hereinafter to be referred to as the land in question) by six registered sale deeds in the year 1983 for construction of house and accordingly, the petitioner is paying rent to the State of Bihar. It is stated that due to some unavoidable reason, the proposed building has not been built, however, the petitioner is trying to get the house constructed over the land in the shape of multi-storied building. The petitioners further case was that in the first week of November, 1995, the pe