JUDGMENT

1.The petitioners state that they are inhabitants of a scheduled caste colony. They object to the drawal of an electric line. The learned Standing Counsel for the KSE Board has placed before me a route map of alignment as certified by the Executive Engineer, Transmission Division, KSE Board. That route map shows that a 33 KV Line is proposed to be laid from KINFRA to Ramanattukara and the issue in hand relates to a very short lap very near to KINFRA. It is also submitted by the learned Standing Counsel for the Board that 85%

of the work has been completed.

2.The issue is shortly this. According to the petitioners, there is a public way to the KINFRA and the line is drawn in such a way that it impairs the present user of that way. According to them, by the laying of poles aside the road, the width of the road as would be available for motorable purposes would be reduced. This is, in fact, the only issue raised. The petitioners have filed a complaint before the District Magistrate. But that by itself would not suffice because, the right of the petitioners is not on the basis of any obstruction that they make in relation to their private property. The width of the road through a