S. D. Bajaj, J.

1. Punjab Istri Sabha through its President and Secretary has approached this Court in public interest litigation obtaining in C. W. P. No.4340 of 1986 filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for a writ of mandamus and or any other appropriate directions to the respondents to suitably enhance the quantum of compensation being paid to the families of victims of terrorist attacks in Punjab; to frame a uniform criteria for the grant of financial assistance to the next of kin of those killed by terrorists and also to award adequate assistance to those injured in such attacks resulting in temporary or permanent disability; to produce the record of a number of such families who have been rendered such financial assistance and the quantum of assistance given in each case by the respondents so far; and for the grant of such other relief which may be considered fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.

2. Relevant avernments made in the writ petition are "that for the last 2-3 years, a large number of innocent persons have been shot dead by terrorists in Punjab, In fact, hardly a day passes without some persons being killed with impunity. There ha