The Order of the Court was as follows :

The petitioner has approached this Court to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondent-Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board to pay a just and fair amount of compensation for the death of her daughter Meena.

2. The case of the petitioner is briefly stated hereunder :

According to her she married one G. Mani and they have three sons and three daughters. Her first daughter Meena was born in November, 1976. She was working in an Export Garment Factory. On 22-7-1992 she went to her grant parents' house in Rani Anna Nagar after days work at the factory. She went to draw water from the well number 8, opposite to Block No. 16 as usual, as there was no water available in the taps in the house. Water from the well is usually drawn from the holes left on the concrete slab covers over the well. On that fateful day, the concrete slab was wet and slippery due to rain. Her daughter Meena while trying to draw water slipped and fell into the well through the draw hole and consequently she died. Her husband G. Mani made a complaint to the Sub-Inspector of Police, K. K. Nagar and F.I.R. was registered in Crime No. 2086/92 under S. 174, Cr. P.C. Her d