( 1 ) IN this Rule the petitioners ask for an appropriate Writ quashing an order dated 29th July 1956 made by the State of West Bengal under Section 51 of the Indian Electricity Act.

( 2 ) THE petitioner Lily Biscuit Company (Private) Limited is the owner of c. s. plots Nos. 901 and 902 appertaining to c. s. khatians Nos. 304 and 305 of mouza Balagarh, Police Station Chinsurah in the Sadar Subdivision of District Hooghly. The petitioners Provash Chandra Sett and Bivash Chandra Sett are directors of Lily Biscuit Company (Private) Limited. The respondent No. 1 Gourepore Electric Supply Company Limited is a licensee within the meaning of Section 2 (h) of the Indian Electricity Act. It was necessary for the supply company to draw 33 K. V. transmission lines from the North Calcutta Grid Sub-Station at Naihati up to their power station at Gorifa, 24-Paraganas for receiving bulk supply from the said North Calcutta Sub-Station. The proposed transmission line involved numerous plots including the plots belonging to the petitioner. The supply company applied to the State Government for the issue of a general authority under Section 51 of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910