M.Karpagavinayagam,J.:P.Suyambu- lingadurai, the petitioner herein has filed this writ petition as a public interest litigation seeking for the issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the first respondent, the secretary to Government of Tamilnadu, Power Energy Resources and the second respondent, the Chief Engineer, N.C.E.S., Chennai, to take necessary action against the respondents 4 to 7, viz., Suzlon Wind Form, Enercon (Indian) Limited, N.E.P.C. Wind Mill and N.E.G. Micon Limited, to re-erect the unauthorisedly erected transmission poles to some other location without affecting the safety and convenience of the public.

2. According to the petitioner, the Dhanakarkulam Panchayat, in which the petitioner functions as Panchayat Vice President, is comprised of 9 villages with 11 ponds, besides the anuman river. The various firms, the respondents 4 to 7 have commenced installing wind mills on the shoreline of the Panchayat to generate electricity. They have erected transmission poles across the breadth of the river as well as ponds. As the ponds are being used by the village population, the installation of such transmission poles and the transmission lines would have fatal impact on

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