C.W.P. No.9897 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.9897 of 2008 Decided on : 12-05-2009 Trilochan Singh ....Petitioner VERSUS Managing Director Haryana, Uttri Haryana Bijali Vitran Nigam Ltd., Panchkula and others. ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL. Present:- Mr. S.K. Dahiya, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sagar Deswal, Advocate, for the respondents. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J (Oral). The petitioner, who is working as Assistant Line Man in the office of S.D.O. Operation Sub Division, Uttri Haryana Bijali Vitran Nigam Ltd., Model Town Yamuna Nagar, has filed the instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuing directions to the respondents to pay the compensation to the petitioner for the disability suffered by him as per the Policy of Nigam. It is the case of the petitioner that on 15.6.2004, he was C.W.P. No.9897 of 2008 -2- on duty and as per the asking of the Junior Engineer he was repairing the electric wire on Chita Mandir Road. While doing the said work, he received an electric shock and fell down. As a result of the said accident, he suffered 70% of limb disability and as such has prayed for issuing directions to the respondents to pay the compensation along with interest to him as per the policy of the Nigam. Learned counsel for the respondents on instructions from the respondents states that the respondents have considered the claim of the petitioner and they are releasing the compensation amount to the petitioner according to the policy of the Nigam for the said disability suffered by him in the aforesaid accident within a period of two months. In view of above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to release the compensation to the petitioner according to the policy of the Nigam for the said disability within a period of two months. In case, the petitioner still remains unsatisfied with the quantum of the compensation given to him or due to non-payment of interest on the said compensation from the date of accident, it will be open for the petitioner to challenge that order before an appropriate authority. 12th May, 2009. (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) Monika JUDGE