JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of the impugned order in O.Mu.9286/2016/T.M.1 dated 07.10.2016, issued by the first respondent and consequently direct the first respondent to sanction the compensation for the death of petitioner's son namely Santhosh due to the electric shock on the negligence of the TANGEDCO.)

1. The writ petition is filed seeking compensation for the death of the son of the petitioner, namely, Santhosh, is due to electrocution. The son of the petitioner was studying II Standard.

2. On 24.11.2015, when the son of the petitioner went along with one Pandi for cutting the leaves from the tree to goats and while the son of the petitioner was playing nearby the tree, a live electric cable was there and the son of the petitioner touched the same and died on the spot due to electric shock.

3. The petitioner states that the death of the son of the petitioner was occurred due to negligence on the part of the Electricity Board. The petitioner lost his seven year old son and he is the only son for the petitioner. A criminal case was re