IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision:-23.09.2025 Koushlya ...Petitioner Versus Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and anr.

...Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUVIR SEHGAL Present : Mr. Sunil K. Tandon, Advocate for the petitioner (THROUGH V.C.)

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SUVIR SEHGAL, J.(ORAL)

1. Instant petition has been filed, inter alia, for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondents to pay compensation of Rs.50 lakhs to the petitioner on account of death of her son, due to electrocution.

2. Counsel for the petitioner submits that Sher Singh, petitioner’s son was working as a contractual labour with M/s Vidyut Projects registered at Delhi in the Electricity Department. Counsel submits that while installing an electricity cable on 18.06.2021, he came in contact with 11 KV high voltage line and was electrocuted. Counsel asserts that petitioner’s son was taken to hospital, but was declared dead. He has made a reference to death certificate and postmortem report, Annexures P1 and P2, respectively to assert that the cause of death is “cardiogenic shock due to electric shock”. He states that an FIR was registered. Counsel submits that re