IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 14909 of 2009 Date of Decision: 24.09.2009 Satish Kumar ..Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S.THAKUR,CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present : Mr. R.S.Bains, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** T.S.Thakur, C.J. (Oral) This petition has been filed in public interest inter-alia for a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to arrange payment of compensation for the family of one Ram Subhaj son of Chennai who is alleged to have died by falling into a sewer. A mandamus directing the respondents to cover all the manholes which are uncovered has also been made apart from a direction for an expeditious investigation and trial of FIR No. 206 dated 25.5.2008, for an offence punishable under section 304 IPC registered at Police Station Faridabad. Having heard Mr. Bains, learned counsel for the petitioner, we see no reason to interfere. We say so because any claim for payment of compensation for the alleged negligence of the Corporation for the unfortunate incident must be made by the legal heirs of Ram Subhaj. The petitioner appears to be wholly CWP No. 14909 of 2009 [2] unconnected both with the incident and the victim. A demand for payment of compensation to the members of the family of deceased who have not themselves come forward for any such relief, cannot therefore be maintained by him. So also the prayer for a mandamus directing the Corporation to keep the manholes covered proceeds on the assumption that there are uncovered manholes that can endanger human lives. The petitioner has in para No.4 of the writ petition extracted the information furnished to him by the Corporation, from a reading whereof it appears that whenever any manhole cover is found to be broken, the same is replaced by the Corporation. The writ petition does not indicate how many manholes remain uncovered and at which places. The petition is blissfully silent as to the basis on which the petitioner claims that the citizens living in Faridabad continue to face hazards on account of open manholes. The petitioner ought to do his home work instead of filing a half baked petition in which no factual basis has been laid for the relief prayed for. Similarly the prayer for expeditious investigation and trial of FIR No. 206 dated 25.5.2008, under section 304 IPC registered at Police Station Faridabad is without any particulars. The petitioner has not furnished any information as to the current status of the said case. Mr. Bains was unable to state whether any challan has been filed by the police, if so the stage at which the case is pending. In the circumstances, we see no reason to interfere. The petition fails and is hereby dismissed. No costs. (T.S.THAKUR) CHIEF JUSTICE (KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA) JUDGE 24.09.2009 'ravinder'