Petitioner is aggrieved by Ext. P3 order passed by first respondent. The circumstances under which Ext. P3 happened to be passed are, in short, as follows: Third respondent wanted to have electric line drawn to her house across the property belonging to the petitioner. After wiring her building she was waiting for electric connection to her house by drawing line. According to the officers of the Electricity Board, the shortest route through which electric line could be drawn to the house of third respondent is across the petitioner's land. Since the petitioner did not accord sanction for the said purpose third respondent moved Ext. P1 application before the Revenue Divisional Officer, Palakkad. A copy of the same was sent to first respondent as well. The Assistant Executive Engineer of the Board filed a statement before the Collector that there exists a permanent foot path to third respondent's property across the land of the petitioner and that electric line can be drawn along the said footpath and that will be the shortest line. He also reported that the petitioner's land being paddy field, no tree would have to be cut. According to him, the alternate alignment sugges