ORDER R.R.K. Trivedi and M. Katju, JJ.
1. Heard Sri R. R. Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri S. P. Mehrotra, learned counsel for the respondent Nos. 1 to 3.
2. This petition has been filed for a direction to the respondents to pay damages to the petitioners to the extent of Rs. 2.00.000 (rupees two lacs) to each petitioner as compensation on account of death of Arunendra Kashyap who died on account of electrocution as a live electric wire touched his body while he was going on a bicycle near polytechnic at Rampriya road.
3. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, in our opinion, the petitioners have a remedy under the Public Liability Insurance Act. 1991 before the Collector of the district as held by this Court in U. P. State Electricity Board it. D. M., Dehradun, 1997 (2) UPLBBC 1344. For this purpose, they may make an application under the aforesaid Act which shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law within a period of one month from the date an application along with a certified copy of this order is filed before him. The petitioners may in addition to filing an application under the said Act also file a suit, as held in the aforesaid decision in the case of U. P. State Electricity Board v. D. M., Dehradun (supra) and the said suit, if filed, shall be decided within six months of filing of the same.
4. Subject to aforesaid, the writ petition is finally disposed of.