( 1 ) THE plaintiffs have filed this suit for the recovery of Rs. 15,00,000/- (Rupees fifteen lacs) as damages/compensation under Section 1a of the Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 on account of the untimely death of Pratap Singh Yadav who died on 30. 1. 1992 due to electrocution.

( 2 ) THE suit has been filed with the averments that deceased Pratap Singh yadav aged about 36 years was employed as a Junior Telecom Officer (J. T. O.) with mtnl-defendant No. 4. As usual, he was on his official duty from 9. 00 a. m. to 5. 00 p. m. on 30. 1. 1992. At about 4. 30 p. m. he along with two other persons went to the link Telephone Exchange, Shakti Nagar Delhi and returned from there in a jeap to keshav Puram Exchange. The driver parked the jeep on the main road in front of keshav Puram Exchange Building and the deceased followed by the driver Ashok kumar and one Thanjajdhiraj Vashishtha, forged ahead in an attempt to gain entry in the main gate of the Building of Exchange and in the process the deceased had to overtake a cess-pit of storm water, and came in touch with a stray wire installed to support the electric poll, having high potency current, as a result of which the deceased w