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6 Gist of the submissions of learned ASGI is that electrification is the need of the day in order to ensure the socio-economic development of the country and that the provisions of Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 provide for unobstructed access to lay down telegraph and/or electricity transmission lines in the larger public interest and that it is for the authorities concerned to be satisfied on the basis of topography and the report in respect thereto with regard to the proper course for laying down of transmission lines and that the residents of the area do not have any say in the matter and are only entitled to compensation wherever their land is utilized for erecting towers for passing of transmission lines. 7 Learned counsel for the petitioner, on the other hand refers to the guidelines issued by the respondents under the Indian Standard Code of Practice for design, installation and maintenance for overhead power lines, particularly clause 5.1 (d) to contend that good farming areas, etc. ought to be avoided. Clause 5.1.(d) is reproduced here under: