Ranjan Gogoi, J.

1. This writ application has been filed seeking compensation for the death of the petitioner's wife that had occurred in an incident of electrocution on 13-8-1999. According to the petitioner, on the fateful day at about 5 p.m. the petitioner's wife, who was a daily wage earner, was working in a paddy field when an electric wire of high intensity fell on her leading to her death. In the writ petition filed, the petitioner has further averred that an FIR in respect of the aforesaid incident was lodged with the jurisdictional police station, i.e. Chaigaon Police Station and an Unnatural Death Case being No. 9/99 was registered in respect of the said incident. According to the petitioner, post mortem of the body of the deceased was performed and the post mortem report indicates that the death of the petitioner's wife had occurred on account of electrocution. The petitioner has further averred in the writ petition filed that it is only after failing to get the matter of compensation redressed at the hands of the authority that the instant recourse to the writ remedy has been made seeking the relief claimed.

2. The authority of the Assam State Electricity Board has f