High Court Of ChhattisgarhWPS/6249/2021disposed off

Vijay Kumar v. South Eastern Coalfields Limited,

2021-11-15Hon'Ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri2 pages

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 6249 of 2021 • Vijay Kumar S/o Pyare Lal Aged About 53 Years R/o House No. 2A/66, Ward-8, 2A Colony, Bishrampur, District- Surajpur, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Through Chairman-Cum-Managing Director, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Seepat Raod, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

2. Director ( Personnel), South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Head Quater, Seepat Raod, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

3. Chief General Manager, South Easterncoalfields Limited, Dipka Area, DistrictKorba, Chhattisgarh

4. Collector, Korba, District- Korba, Chhattisgarh

5. Sub-Divisional Officer ( Revenue), Tehsil-Katghora, District- Korba, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Pawan Kesharwani, Advocate For Respondents/SECL :

Shri Sudhir Kumar Bajpai, Advocate For Respondents/State :

Shri Ghanshyam Patel, GA Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order 15/11/20

1. Heard.

2. The grievance of the petitioner seems to be non granting of employment to the petitioner in lieu of land acquired by the respondents-SECL.

3. There seems to be some dispute in respect of the petitioner having moved appropriate application or not. There also seems to be some dispute in respect of whether the petitioner falls within the ambit of legal dependent of the land oustee enabling him to seek employment.

4. Considering the fact that the claim of the petitioner till date has not been either rejected or decided by the respondents, the writ petition at this juncture can be disposed of directing the petitioner to approach the respondents No.3 to 5 by providing all relevant materials available with him in respect of the acquisition and also in respect of his claim for employment against the land acquired. The petitioner shall also support his claim with proper instructions in respect of all earlier applications that he has filed in this regard.

5. Subject to petitioner's moving appropriate application within a period of 30 days, the respondents No.3 to 5 are further directed to process the claim of the petitioner seeking employment in accordance with rules, regulations and the policy governing the field at the earliest within a further period of 90 days from the date the petitioner moves application.

6. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. SD/Sd/- Goutam Bhaduri Judge Ashu