Annual Report 2009-2010 4.276 In response to the notice issued by the Commission to the Police Department in Mau as well as the General Manager of U�ar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited; the Superintendent of Police in Mau ordered for an enquiry to be made by the Circle Officer. Later, a report dated 26 October 2008 was also submi�ed to the Commission. The inquiry revealed that the father of the complainant used to repair transmission lines and on 6 August 2008, he had climbed one of the electric poles for repair work but was subsequently electrocuted. He was then taken by Markandhe Singh and others to the hospital. It was also mentioned in the report that the complainant Naubal Yadav had filed a criminal complaint in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mau. The postmortem report of Ramadhar Yadav was sent along with the report to the Commission. According to the postmortem report, the cause of death was shock resulting from electrocution. 4.277 The U�ar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited further conducted an inquiry into the ma�er by R.N. Singh, an Executive Engineer. The inquiry report was then forwarded to the Commission vide their le�er dated 31 July 2009. It was stated in the report that Ramadhar Yadav had not been engaged either by Markhande Singh or by Chandrapati Pandey to repair the transmission lines. He had climbed the electric pole on his own in an unofficial manner and was himself responsible for the unfortunate incident. 4.278 On consideration of the reports, the Commission issued a show-cause notice to the Chairman of U�ar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited calling upon him to explain as to why monetary relief should not be paid to the next of kin of the deceased. 4.279 The General Manager, U�ar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited responded to the show-cause notice vide it’s communication dated 6 March 2009. It was submi�ed that the Corporation had not been held responsible for the incident either in the police enquiry or in the departmental enquiry. The family of the deceased, therefore, was not entitled to receive any compensation. 4.280 While considering the response to the show-cause notice on 26 October 2009, the Commission observed that on perusal of the police report and the report of the Executive Engineer R.N. Singh, it was clear that Ramdhar Yadav became a victim of unlawful practice of U�ar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited. The employees of the Corporation not only engaged Ramadhar Yadav for maintenance of transmission lines in an unauthorized manner but the Corporation also failed in its duty to ensure the statutory enquiry contemplated by Section 33 of the Indian Electricity Act was duly held. The deceased Ramadhar Yadav was the bread earner of his family. His untimely death has resulted in immense hardship to his dependents. He may not have been a regular employee of the Corporation, but there is every reason to believe that he died an untimely death while repairing the transmission lines at the instance of the employees of U�ar Pradesh Power Corporation. 4.281 The Commission thus recommended to the General Manager of the U�ar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited to pay a sum of Rs. 3,00,000/- as monetary relief to the next of kin of the deceased Ramadhar Yadav 4.282 The compliance report along with the proof of payment is awaited in the case. 62 NHRC