ORDER :

1. The petitioner is before this Court seeking for the following reliefs:

a. Issue a writ in nature of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ or order/s by quashing the endorsement dated 06.01.2018 issued by the Respondent No.3 Health Officer, Mahalakshimpuram Region, BBMP produced at Annexure-A and allow this petition directing the Respondent No.3 to register and issue the Death Certificate of petitioner’s husband Mr.Shanthakumar S/o Mr. Siddappa.

b. Pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court deems fit to grant under the circumstances of the case in the interest of justice and equity.

2. The petitioner’s husband, an excavator operator with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), was washed away in heavy rain while working in a stormwater drain on 20.05.2017. Pursuant thereto, the Deputy Commissioner (Administration) of BBMP had ordered for payment of compensation of Rs.10 lakhs which was paid to the petitioner. An FIR in Crime No.178/2017 was registered with Mahalakshmipuram Police Station. Mahalakshmipuram Police Station have on 27.03.2018, issued an endorsement that the body of the husband of the petitioner was not found. The petitioner, having been requ