ORDER

(This matter is taken up through Video Conferencing)

The petitioners are agriculturists having their lands at Palanigoundapalayam Village and have filed this writ petition as against the orders of the 5th respondent District Collector dated 28.10.2020 in and by which the 5th respondent has given enter upon permission to respondents 4 & 6 permitting them to erect High Tension Towers in the petitioner's lands on certain conditions with the powers conferred upon him under Section 60(1) of the Indian Telegraph Act.

2. The Power Grid Corporation is in the process of laying High Tension Transmission line from Raigarh to Pugalur at a cost of Rs.21,735/- Crore. This project is executed in order to transfer the power energy from various generation plants from the State of Chattisgarh to various other States namely Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. In this process, they are laying High Tension Towers in the State of Tamil Nadu under Scheme II connecting 5 double circuit 400 KV HVAC lines connecting Pugalur, Arasur, Udumalpet, Tiruvallam, (Power Grid) and Edayarpalayam (TANTRANSCO) sub stations. The circuit line under Scheme II is the subject matter of this writ petit