Udayagiri Sankar v. Union Of India, Rep.By Its Secretary, Ministry Of External

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTI CE A.V. SESHA SAI W RI T PETI TI ON No.1 2 8 0 3 OF 2 0 0 6 ORDER:

Heard Ms.T.K.Anuradha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri B.Narayana Reddy, Assistant Solicitor General for Union of India for the respondents. 2.

According to the petitioner, he went to Kuwait during 1982-1983 with passport No.S548145 where he got employment. In the year 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait and due to the said invasion, the petitioner had to leave Kuwait. It is further stated that United Nations Organisation (UNO) appointed a Commission to study the cases of various persons who left Kuwait during Kuwait-Iraq war for the purpose of awarding compensation for forcible eviction from Kuwait and pursuant to the constitution of said Commission, UNO advised all the countries to forward applications of the citizens who sustained loss of employment due to Iraq invasion of Kuwait. In terms of the said advise, Government of India appointed a special officer, creating a cell for the purpose of processing the applications of the victims to secure compensation from the UNO Commission. According to the petitioner, he made a representation to the respondent, seeking compensation and as there was no response, despite waiting for a considerable length of time, he got issued legal notices on

26-12-2005 and on 03-02-2006. It is the grievance of the petitioner that despite the receipt of the said legal notices and representation, the respondents herein did not take any action. Therefore, the present writ petition is filed. 3.

No counter-affidavit is filed by the respondents. 4.

Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Solicitor General for Union of India and taking into consideration the information available before this court, this court deems it appropriate to permit the petitioner to make a representation afresh to the respondents herein by duly enclosing the earlier correspondence and the documents within a period of one month from the date of receipt of copy of this order. If any such representation is made by the petitioner herein within the time stipulated, the same be considered and appropriate action be taken by the respondents strictly in accordance with law within a period of three months thereafter.

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Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. 6.

Miscellaneous petitions pending consideration, if any, in this case shall stand closed in consequence. No order as to costs.

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