Through the currency of this petition, parents of the deceased Param Jit Singh has sought a direction to the respondents for payment of compensation Rs. 5/-lacs on account of death of their son who got electrocuted because of negligence of the electricity department, by issuance a writ of mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with section 103 of the Constitution of J&K. The case of the petitioners as projected in the writ petition is that their son aged 20 years was electrocuted on 21st of June, 1999 at 8.30 PM at Indra Nagar, Miran Sahib. Son of the petitioners had got electrocuted because of over hanging high tension wire by respondents 3 to 6 who did not care to check, which resulted in, the live high tension wire hanging from the pole touching the ground and thereby exposing human life. It is further stated that the death of Param Jit Singh has been caused by negligence of the respondents particularly respondents 3 to 6 on 21st June, 1999 on spot after electrocution by live high tension wire. As the petitioner had died due to negligence of the respondents, an FIR No. 60/99 was registered with police station Bishnah. The police got autopsy conducted on dea

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