Mr. Justice S.N. Phukan, President — The present petition has been filed by husband and wife against the Railway for the death of their son Harshanath Das. According to the petitioners, who are residing at Bapujinagar, Goalpara, Assam, the above son was travelling from Aligash to Guwahati on 10.8.92 by North-East Express. He was travelling by holding a valid ticket along with his friend. As he did not reach Guwahati on 11.8.92, the petitioner No. 1 after waiting for few days went to Aligarh and it was confirmed that he was travelling as stated above. He made enquiries and at Patna sahib Junction he came to know that dead-body of a boy was found near the Railway Station and the G R.P.F. personnel also took photograph and it was confirmed that the dead body of the boy was the son of the petitioners. According to the petitioners death of their son was due to negligence or careless on the part of the Railways. It was also staled that a case was registered on 11.8.92 by G.R.P.F. being G.R.P.F. Case No. 18 of 1992. Postmortem was also done. According to the petitioners as the death was due to negligence of Railways, they are entitled to get compensation. Accordingly, a sum of Rs. 10