( 1 ) THE petitioners in these writ petitions are the parents of young children who died in tragic circumstances, not of their own creation. Ram kishore, a vegetable vendor, has filed Writ Petition (C) No. 4328 of 2001 claiming compensation from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (?mcd?) for the death of his 11-year old son Mahesh studying in Class IV on 13. 5. 2000. Mahesh died instantaneously when the wall of a municipal lavatory maintained by the MCD collapsed on him while he was easing himself. The second petition W. P. (C) No. 6360 of 2002 is by Mohd. Yasheen, a tailor, claiming compensation from the Delhi development Authority (DDA) for the death on 5. 5. 2002 of his 15-year old son beeru in the bathing facility at Sur Ghat on the banks of the river Yamuna maintained by the DDA. Beeru?s body got entangled in an uncovered outlet drain pipe due to a sudden current of water and was ultimately found near the pipe?s sluice valve nearly thirty feet away from the mouth of the pipe. The third and fourth petitions are by Bhagwan and his wife Smt. Rajwanti respectively, claiming compensation from the DDA for the death of their son Vineet Pawar aged 7 years who died o