JUDGMENT :

1. The present writ petition filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 103 of the Constitution of Jammu & Kashmir, seeks indulgence of this Court for issuance of appropriate writ of mandamus thereby directing the respondents to pay him, an amount to the tune of Rs.100.00 lakhs, @ 12 % P.A. from the date of accident as compensation in view of strict and absolute liability, who has become disabled due to negligence of the respondents and their employees.

2. Petitioner pleaded that he was a need based daily worker in the Power Development Department and was posted in the area of village Banipur, Sunderbani; that on the fateful day i.e. 08.11.2014, while working on an electric pole for disconnecting the jumper for restoration of power and to find out the fault, he suffered massive electric shock and fell down from it. It is pleaded that before climbing the pole, he was assured by his colleagues who were at Grid Station that electricity supply would not be restored, as long as, he was working on the pole. But due to negligence