BADAR DURREZ AHMED, J.

( 1 ) THIS writ petition raises the interesting question as to whether compensation granted by the State for the 1984 Riot victims should be given to persons in accordance with their entitlement to inherit property from the deceased persons as per the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 or that the State is not governed by the personal laws and is required to award compensation equitably to the next of kin "

( 2 ) THE petitioner (Smt Ganny Kaur) was married to Late Ladha Singh. They had a daughter (Ishwari Kaur) who was married to one Laxman Singh. Laxman Singh is the son of Kishan Singh (Respondent No. 3) herein. Ishwari Kaur and Laxman singh had two children, Sajan Singh and Laxm. In the unfortunate events which took place in 1984 and which go under the name 'the 1984 Riots', Ishwari Kaur, laxman Singh and their two children were burnt to death by the rioters. The entire family of four perished at the hands of the murdering marauders. At that point of time, Sajan Singh was four years old and Laxmi was two years old.

( 3 ) AFTER the 1984 Riots, the Government of NCT of Delhi (Respondent No. 1) sanctioned an ex gratia payment of Rs 10,000/- to the surviving family m