IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9562 of 2008 Indravati Devi, wife of Late Gopal Prasad @ Gopaljee Prasad, village Patkauli, PS Bagha, Dist. West Champaran – Petitioner. Vs. 1) The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Energy, Bihar, Patna. 2) The Bihar State Electricity Board through its Secretary, Vidyut Board, Bailey Road, Patna. 3) The Managing Director cum Chief Engineer, Tirhut Regional Electricity Board, Bhagwanpur, Muzaffarpur. 4) The Subdivisional Officer, Electricity Department, Electricity Subdivision, Bagha, PS Bagha, Dist. West Champaran – Respondents. 4 19.9.2011 In this case time was granted to the State counsel on 21.7.2011 and again on 1.8.2011 to obtain instructions and file a counter affidavit. No counter affidavit has been filed. The petitioner is claiming compensation on account of death of her husband Gopal Prasad @ Gopaljee Prasad aged fifty years who died due to electrocution. Rusted wire of H.T. 11000 was running through the front of house of the petitioner which fell down, resulting in death of husband of the petitioner. A criminal case being Bagaha PS Case No. 289/2007 was instituted for the offence under section 304A of the Penal Code. In similar matter this court has decided the issue and referred the matter to the State Human Rights Commission in CWJC 14410/2009 along with CWJC No. 14459/2009. The petitioner who is the wife of Gopaljee Prasad is affected by the violation of human rights at the hands of the Electricity Board. It would be thus incumbent for the petitioner to move before the State Human Rights Commission, if so advised. 2 I, therefore, direct that the petitioner should file an application before the State Human Rights Commission which would be considered in accordance with law. Counsel for the Electricity Board should cooperate with the State Human Rights Commission so that the matter may be decided at the earliest. It is unfortunate that the Electricity Board Tribunal is not empowered to take into consideration such accidental cases of death which occur due to the carelessness of the Board for the loss of human lives. This writ petition is disposed of with the aforesaid observations and directions haque ( Sheema Ali Khan, J.)