( 1. ) THE petitioners, legal representatives of Late Mahesh Singh jaudan, an Assistant Sub-Inspector, have invoked the extraordinary jurisdiction of this court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for grant of compensation of Rs. 8,00,000/- for his untimely death in the court premises at Gwalior which was earlier situated at Jayendra Ganj, Lashkar wherein the High Court and the District court were functioning in the same campus, the High Court in the first floor and the District judiciary on the ground floor.

( 2. ) THE expose of facts are that on 4-7-1998, late Mahesh Singh Jaudan had gone to the Court premises as he had to attend the Court duty in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gwalior about 2:30 p. m. , while he was standing in front of the concerned Court, an iron pipe approximately 40 ft. in length and 5 inches in diameter fitted in the wall fell on his head as a consequence of which he sustained grievous injuries on his head, left shoulder and right leg and bled profusely. He was shifted to J. A. Hospital by Indraganj police where he was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit but eventually he succumbed to his injuries and breathed his last on 10-7-199