Lakshmirani Parya v. West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. And ORS.

June 24, 2024 Sl. No.47 Court No.9 s.biswas WPA 23189 of 2023 Lakshmirani Parya vs.

West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited and others Mr. Anindya Sundar Das Mr. Abirlal Chakraborty Mr. Ratul Deb Banerjee Mr. Subrata Mondal Ms. Paramita Mondal ... for the petitioner Mr. Sk. Md. Galib Mr. Safik Dewan ... for the State Mr. Sujit Sankar Koley Mr. Swagatam Deb ... for the WBSEDCL

1. Affidavit of service is taken on record.

The petitioner complains of non-consideration of her prayer for compensation on account of death of her husband, due to electrocution. It is alleged that a live wire maintained by the distribution company, had caused such accidental death. The village of the petitioner is Uttar Gopalnagar.

The writ petition is disposed of without any opinion on the correctness of the contentions of the petitioner. The writ petition shall be treated as a representation of the petitioner and disposed of by the concerned authority in accordance with law.

The petitioner and the representative of Patharpratima Customer Care Centre shall also be heard at the time of disposal of the writ petition. A reasoned order shall be passed and communicated to the petitioner. The entire exercise should be completed within a period of two months from the date of communication of this order.

Since no affidavit has been called for, allegations made in the writ petition are deemed to be denied by the distribution company. The distribution company shall be entitled to put forward their version before the appropriate authority along with documents. 6.

All parties are directed to act on the basis of the server copy of the order.

(Shampa Sarkar, J.)