Aravind Kumar, J :-

This is a defendants appeal namely by defendants 1 to 3 in O.S.No.269/2006 on the file of the 1st Additional Civil Judge (Sr.Dn), Gokak, questioning the correctness and legality of the Judgment and decree passed in the said suit on 10-9-2009 decreeing the suit for damages for Rs. 15, 51, 379/- claimed by Legal heirs of a deceased employee who died due to electrocution.

2. Parties are referred to as per their rank in Trial Court.

2.1. One Sri. Hanamanth Sontanavar, was employed as a lineman in Hubli Electricity Supply Company (hereinafter referred to as HESCOM for brevity) and had been appointed on 1-4-1984. The said Hanumanth I Sontannavar while on duty on 11-3-2004 at about 9.30 A.M along with H.P. Hussain Khan and two others by name Sri. B.R. Todavekar and R.Y Dyamakkagol, lineman had gone to Beeragaddi area to the land of one Sri. Karigar to disconnect the cut joint and to reconnect it to a newline. Before engaging in the said work it was confirmed that there was no electrical power supply in the Nallanatti feeder village area from. Gokak Section Office. On such confirmation said Hanumanth Sontannavar is said to have climbed the electric pole in the lan