Vipin Sanghi, J.

1. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India has been preferred for issuance of an appropriate writ, order or direction, inter alia, to direct the respondents to pay a sum of Rs. 26 lacs as compensation to the petitioners.

2. The petitioners are the parents of an unfortunate boy named Ajay Kumar, who died on 16.06.2007 when he was only about 10 years of age, due to the collapsing of the shed (chajja) of a house situated at DESU colony, Najafgarh.

3. The petitioner No. 1 claims to be an electrician, working with Delhi Transco Ltd., i.e. respondent No. 3. His family consisted of his wife (petitioner No. 2), two daughters, namely Nisha (17 years) and Neha (15 years), and one son Ajay Kumar (now deceased).

4. The case of the petitioners is that their son along with his friend Mohit Sharma were playing in the park of DESU colony, Najafgarh in the morning of 16.06.2007. Suddenly, at about 6:30 am, it started to rain and in order to protect themselves from the rain, both the children took shelter under the shed of House No. 1, Type-5 in DESU colony, Najafgarh. Suddenly the said shed collapsed and their son Ajay got buried under the deb