JUDGMENT

Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) - The petitioner, who is an agriculturist has approached this court by way of instant proceedings filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India , seeking therein direction to the respondent Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board to pay him compensation on account of electrocution rendering him 55% permanently disabled.

2. For having a birds eye view, certain undisputed facts as emerge from the record are that the petitioner, while grazing cattle, came in contact with loose and unattended live H.T. wire touching the earth in the forest namely Chakhra (Junga), as a consequence of which, he suffered multiple burn injuries. Immediately after alleged incident, petitioner was taken to Civil Hospital, Junga, wherefrom he was referred to Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, where he remained hospitalized as an indoor patient with effect from 4.7.2017 to 13.7.2017. Pleadings as well as documents placed therewith further reveal that consequent to aforesaid electrocution, a case under Sections 336 and 337 IPC came to be registered against the delinquent and negligent officials of Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited, bearing FIR No. 93/