J U D G E M E N T

Date : 16-03-2022 Heard Mr. L.H. Lianhrima, the learned senior counsel appearing for the appellant and Mrs. LindaL.Fambawl, the learned counsel appearing for the State respondents.

2. This is an appeal filed by the appellant/plaintiff against the dismissal of Money Suit No. 1/2015vide Judgment and Order dated 08.11.2019, passed by the Court of the Senior Civil Judge, Serchhip.

3. The case of the appellant/plaintiff’s is that he was allotted some portion of land within the area of N. Mualcheng Village Council in the year 2001 wherein,he planted as many as 380 orange trees and earned not less than Rs.1,60,000/- per annum since th

2009 and enjoyed the products for the last four years. That on 28 March, 2014 (Friday) the electric conductor/wire which hung across the land of the plaintiff got damaged and broke in the land of the Appellant/plaintiff due to the negligence of the respondents/defendants. As a result ofthe broken live electric wire, 150 number of his orange trees were burnt to ashes. That the appellant/plaintiff had immediately reported the matter to the state respondents and prayed for compensation but to no avail and hence he filed the case in the Court of Se