Hon’ble Mrs. Sunita Agarwal, J.—Heard Sri Dharmendra Srivastava learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondent Nos. 1 and 2, Sri Devi Prasad Tripathi and Sri Manish Kumar Pandey learned counsels for the respondent Nos. 3.

2. The claim was made by the respondent No. 3 namely the victim of the accident which occurred on 21.5.2017 when he came in contact with the live high tension line lying in the field of one Kamalkant, at about 8:30 A.M. while passing through the said field and got electrocuted.

As a result of the said accident, lower part of the body of respondent No. 3 got damaged badly. The burn injuries were to the extent that he became 100% disabled.

3. The respondent No. 3 was about 20 years old at the time of accident.

4. The award passed by the Permanent Lok Adalat is being challenged on the ground that the respondent No. 3 was not a consumer of the Electricity Department and as such, it was not open for the Permanent Lok Adalat to entertain his claim after the Electricity Department had refused to enter into any compromise.

5. It is further contended that for any such accident, as per the circular dated 3rd February, 2016, suc