1. The petitioners are persons, who own properties on either side of the Ponmalath Road in Muthoor, Thiruvalla, which leads to a school under the management of the 4th respondent. Electric supply to the properties of the petitioners as well as the school is provided through a Low Tension (LT) connection, the lines of which are drawn through poles erected along the Ponmalath Road. The 4th respondent, who currently avails the electric connection to a connected load of 28 KW, submitted an application before the 2nd respondent seeking an additional power allocation to the extent of 64 KW. The requirement of the 4th respondent necessitated the conversion of his existing power supply from Low Tension (LT) to High Tension (HT) and the 2nd respondent proposed the said supply by dismantling the existing poles in the Ponmalath Road and replacing it with HT poles through which, not only the LT lines supplying power to the petitioners, but also an HT line supplying power to the 4th respondent, would be drawn.

2. The petitioners objected to the drawing of the lines in the above manner and submitted their objections to the District Collector, Pathanamthitta, along with their suggestion