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High Court Of ChhattisgarhWPC/1527/2012disposed off

Ashok Kumar Agrawal And ORS. v. State Of Chhattisgarh And ORS.

2016-08-04Hon'Ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava2 pages

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 1527 of 2012

1. Ashok Kumar Agrawal, S/o Late Shri Ghasi Ram Agrawal Aged About 46 Years,

2. Sunil Kumar Agrawal S/o Late Ghasi Ram Agrawal Aged About 39 Years

3. Manoj Kumar Agrawal, S/o. Late Shri Ghasi Ram Agrawal, aged about 37 years All the above are R/o Village Churikala, Tahsil Katghora, Distt. Korba C.G.

---- Petitioners

Versus

1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through Secretary Deptt. of Industries / Revene D.K.S. Bhawan Mantralaya Raipur (C.G.)

3. Collector Korba, Distt. Korba (C.G.)

4. Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue) Cum Land Acquisition Officer Katghora, Tahsil Katghora Distt. Korba (C.G.)

5. General Manager N.T.P.C. Limited, Korba Distt. Korba (C.G.) ---- Respondents --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Petitioner : Mr. Surfaraj Khan, Advocate For State/Respondent Nos.1 to 3 :

Mr. R.K. Gupta, Dy. Adv. General For Respondent No.4-NTPC :

Mr. B.D. Guru, Advocate --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon'ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Order On Board 04/08/2016 Heard.

1.

Applications for vacating the interim order have been filed by the respondents. There is an interim order dated 06.09.2012 that if the petitioners continue in possession, no steps should be taken to remove them till the next date of hearing. This order continue till date.

2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this petition can be disposed off with a direction to the respondents to decide petitioners' claim for employment as they are land oustees.

According to the petitioners there is a Policy dated 23.02.2007 providing for employment to land oustees.

3.

Without commenting on merits of the petitioners' claim, considering that the petitioners' grievance is now confined only to the aspect of the employment, the respondent - Collector shall examine the petitioners' case for employment on the basis of the Policy, which was in force on the date, when the land was acquired by the respondents, within a period of four months from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

4.

With this observation, the petition stands disposed off. Sd/- (Manindra Mohan Shrivastava) Judge Chandra