V. Dhanapalan, J.

1. The above Writ Appeal has been directed against the order of a learned single Judge of this Court made in W.P. No. 18219 of 2004 in and by which the learned single Judge has allowed the Writ Petition holding that the petitioner is entitled to a compensation of Rs.3 lakhs in addition to a sum of Rs.50,000 paid already.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to in the manner as they were arrayed in the Writ Petition.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that she is the wife of one Sekar who was killed in the police firing on 12.7.1993 at about 7:15 p.m. within the limits of Mecheri Police Station, Salem District. According to her, her husband was running a tailor shop near the police station in Dharmapuri main Road, Mecheri, Salem District and was earning Rs.3,000 per mensem. He was the only bread winner of the family consisting of the petitioner, his mother and two children. It is her specific case that her husband was killed by indiscriminate firing by the police without resorting to any procedure contemplated and due to the police excess. In such circumstances, she has approached this Court by filing a Writ Petition seeking a directio