( 1 ) DURING the execution of the wofk connected with the excavation of channels under the Nagarjunasagar Project, on 11th July, 1969, an accident occurred as a rssult of which several workers received injuries some of which proved fatal. The petitioner was the contractor at whose instance; the work "was being done, under a contract entered into by him, with the Public Works department.

( 2 ) THE Executive Engineer-in-charge of the Division notified the petitioner on 14th October, 1969,that the Commissioner for Workmen s Compensation, Hyderabad, awarded a sum of Rs. 4,800 as compensation in respect of each of the deceased workmen. The Executive Engineer also intimated the petitioner that the payment of the compensation was intended to be made from out of the amounts payable by the department to the petitioner. The petitioner alleges that no opportunity was given to him to make any representation to the Commissioner for Workmen s compensation and that the decision or award cf the latter was given without notice to the petitioner. It would appear that the Commissioner had decided the matter solely on the basis of a statement made by the Executive Engineer.

( 3 ) THE petitioner then m

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