JUDGMENT :

MANISH CHOUDHURY, J.

1. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been preferred by the petitioner challenging a letter dated 12.07.2012 of the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup, Amingaon and a letter dated 02.08.2012 of the respondent Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. The petitioner has also sought for a direction to the respondent authorities to give an alternative plot of residential land after paying adequate compensation and to constitute an independent committee to verify the plot of land of the petitioner for the purpose of qualifying/assessing the loss/compensation payable to the petitioner.

2. The facts which are necessary for consideration of the issues raised in this writ petition can be narrated, in brief, is follows:

2.1. The respondent Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) is notified as a Central Transmission Utility under Section 38 of the Electricity Act, 2003. The Ministry of Power, Government of India in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003 had issued a Gazette Notification dated 24.12.2003 whereby the respondent PGCIL has been authorized to exercise all the