Chhotu Ram Gond v. South Eastern Coal Fields Limited
Service law – Dependent (compassionate) appointment – South Eastern Coal Fields Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; WPS No. 5860 of 2022; Justice Sachin Singh Rajput; order dated 17/09/2024. Dependent/compassionate appointment; South Eastern Coal Fields Limited (SECL), Gevra Area; rejection on age-limit ground (35 years) as on 09.06.2020; date-of-birth dispute (25.11.1985 pleaded; service record showed age 8 years as on 13.08.1992; no DOB in service record); class-IV mark sheet, PAN card, Aadhar card; impugned order dated 29.07.2020 set aside; directions to submit documents within 30 days and for respondents to decide within 60 days; writ petition disposed of. Mother/deceased employee: Chanmuni Bai Gond, died in harness 30.04.2020. Counsel: Ms. Juhi Anguriya for petitioner; Shri Vinod Deshmukh for respondents. No statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Impugned rejection order set aside; petitioner to submit date-of-birth documents within 30 days, whereupon respondents to examine the date of birth and pass an appropriate order within a further period of sixty days; writ petition disposed of.