1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. W. P. No. 4979 of 2008. Smt. Radhabai wd/o Natthuji Lokhande Vs. The State of Mah. & another. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's Orders and Registrar's orders. Shri K. S. Narwade, Advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. TD Khade, AGP for Respondents no.1 & 2. Coram : B.H. Marlapalle and A.H. Joshi, JJ. Dated : 8th December, 2008. Heard Mr. Narwade, the Learned Counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner's husband Nathhuji Lokhande allegedly committed suicide by hanging on 8-8-1998, and the Collector, Yavatmal conducted an enquiry on 17-10-1998 and submitted his report to the State Government. As it was alleged that Nathhuji had committed suicide on account of the indebtedness, the petitioner had approached this Court in Writ Petition No.348 of 2007, and the same was allowed to be withdrawn with liberty to approach the State Government with a representation as per the order dated 8-10-2007. 2 In this fresh petition, it is prayed that the State Government be directed to pay compensation to the tune of Rs.5 lakh to the petitioner and by way of interim relief to pay an amount of Rs.1 lakh by way of ex gratia compensation. Admittedly, after Writ Petition No.348 of 2007 was disposed off as withdrawn by this Court on 8-10-2007, the petitioner did not submit any representation to the State Government. This petition has been filed solely on the ground that the report submitted by the Collector, was not available to the petitioner when the Writ Petition No.348 of 2007 was filed. We have perused the affidavit in reply filed by the Collector on or about 6-8-2007 in W. P. No.348 of 2007 as well as the Collector's report, which is claimed to be the basis of this petition in the second round. The findings of the Collector do show that the petitioner's late husband held 82 R agricultural land in Gut No.189 and he owed an amount of Rs.5,096/- to the Co-operative Society at Ghoti and also an amount of Rs.7276/- to the Irrigation 3 Department, Yavatmal. The report further states that the deceased had three sons and two daughters. All the children were married and the agricultural land was also divided amongst his sons who were staying separately, and cultivating the agricultural land, which had fallen to their respective shares.. The deceased and the petitioner were the only two persons who were staying together and were cultivating 82 R (2 acres) of land. Having regards to all these obtaining circumstances and the enquiry made in the village, the Collector concluded that there was no prima facie reason to believe that the alleged suicide of Shri Natthuji was on account of his indebtedness. We do not find any reason to disbelieve the report submitted by the Collector, Yavatmal, and therefore, the prayer for directing the Government to pay monetary compensation to the petitioner is devoid of merits. Hence, the petition is rejected. JUDGE JUDGE /Muley/