THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 2180 OF 2005 Dated 9th July, 2010 Between: Irugula Samrajyam and two others …Petitioner And The Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Limited and another …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : None appeared Counsel for the respondents: Sri S.V.Ramana for Sri O.Manohar Reddy The Court made the following ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to direct the respondents to pay compensation of Rs.18,00,000/- and an amount of Rs.1,00,000/- towards ex gratia to the petitioners for the death of one I.Venkata Reddy due to electrocution on 21.09.2004. The petitioners are the widow, son and daughter of the late Venkata Reddy. Claiming the abovementioned reliefs, they filed the present writ petition. This Court, while ordering notice before admission on 10.02.2005, opined that the prayer for payment of compensation of Rs.18,00,000/- cannot be granted in a writ petition and that the petitioners have to file a civil suit for this purpose. Accordingly, notice issued by this Court was confined only to payment of ex gratia. In the counter-affidavit filed by the Assistant Divisional Engineer, Operation, Kodada, APCPDCL, Nalgonda, it is, inter alia, stated that the wife of the deceased has never consulted and represented to the local Electricity Officer for payment of ex gratia and that necessary proposals for payment of such ex gratia were submitted to the higher authorities. At the hearing, there is no representation for the petitioners. The learned Standing Counsel, who is present at the hearing, is unable to state whether any ex gratia has been paid to the petitioners. Since in the counter-affidavit filed in the year 2007, it was stated that proposals were sent for payment of ex gratia, the respondents are directed to pay the same at the rates prevailing at the relevant time, if not already paid, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. This order, however, will not preclude the petitioners from claiming compensation by availing the remedy of civil suit as observed by this Court in order dated 10.02.2005. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 9th July, 2010 vrn