JUDGMENT

Hansaria, J.-The 1975 accord with Sheikh Abdullah saw a dynamic person from Ladakh coming to the fore. He was made a Minister. He wanted to do many things for Ladakhis. One of the projects which the Minister (Shri Sonam Narboo) wanted to get fructified was electrification of tehsils of Leh and Kargil. The fund for the same was to be provided by the Central Government under Rural Electrification Scheme. To see that the scheme was implemented within time, a separate Electric Construction Division was created at Lah. This was in February 1977. An Executive Engineer was put in charge of the Division and he was one N.A. Salaria, who was selected because of his dashing character which had come to light by his getting established a generating station at Choglamsar within record time. The electrification scheme was taken up after Shri Narboo, who was Minister for Works, Power, Tourism and Ladakh Affairs, had toured the area from 5.6.1976 to 13.7.1976. The idea was to electrify areas around Leh first for which it was felt that 3100 bamboo poles would be required. It was also noted that from September onwards the fruit season starts and all available transport is diverted to carry fr