Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra, CJ.

1. The wife of late Nongmaithem Maichel Singh has filed this writ application praying for payment of compensation on the allegation that her deceased husband had been killed by the Manipur Police Officials in a fake encounter.

2. It is alleged by the petitioner that she married the deceased and had been blessed with two sons. On 4.11.2008 after having lunch, the deceased went out of the house saying that he would be attending a Saradha Ceremony held for the death of one Wahengbam Udoichand Singh. At about 3.00 p.m. while the deceased was having some kind of conversation with his local friends in the house of late W.U. Singh in course of the Saradha Ceremony, he received a call in his mobile phone and left the place. Subsequently, at about 3.32 p.m. the petitioner received a call from her deceased husband and was informed that her deceased husband has been apprehended by the Manipur Police Commandos at Wahengbam Leikai area and she was advised to consult the Superintendent of Police, Imphal East District to secure his release. After hearing the news from her deceased husband, she was little puzzled and again tried to contact her husband but it was no