of son of petitioner, his dead body was taken out from the pond and the police authorities sent the dead body to autopsy. Merge intimation No. 10/2020 was registered at Police Chowki, Belgahna, Police Station, Kota. She submits that a policy has been framed by the State Government for grant of compensation in respect of unnatural death of the citizen in a natural disaster and falling into a pit, in the case of due to snake, scorpion, hornet or bee bites, drowning in a river, pond, dam, well, canal or drain, boat accidents, a cooking gas cylinder, etc., for which, nearest successor will get assistance of Rs.4,00,000/-. It has been further observed in the policy that upon receiving information about the death, the competent authority of the State Government will immediately arrive at the scene to investigate the cause of death and the circumstances, and where possible, have the deceased examined by a doctor and if the death is confirmed, grant-in-aid has to be paid in this regard. She submits that since the petitioner died due to drowning in dawning in the pond, therefore, in light of the policy of the State Government, which is filed as Annexure P/2, the petitioner is entitled to get compensation of Rs. 4 lacs. She submits that claim of the petitioner has been rejected by the Additional Collector, Bilaspur vide its order dated 25.02.2021 stating that exact cause of death is not clear due to the absence of the postmortem report. She submits that though postmortem of the petitioner itself was conducted, however, on account of the death of the doctor, who conducted postmortem of the deceased, could not be received and as the postmortem report is not available, the cause of death of the petitioner’s son is not clear. Therefore, the application of the petitioner was rejected denying the grant-in-aid compensation. Therefore, reliefs, as sought for the petitioner, may be granted to them.
