lieu of the petitioner no.2, on his being permanently disabled. In this regard, the learned counsel for the petitioner has referred to clause 9.4.0 of the Chapter IX of the National Coal Wage Agreement-IX. It is projected that the medical practitioner of the North Eastern Coalfields was on leave and therefore, by letter dated 03.05.2016, the competent authority of Tirap Colliery had requested the Chief Medical Services, NEC, Margherita to constitute a medical board for examination of the petitioner no.2, but no action was taken and the matter was delayed. Accordingly, the petitioner had approached this Court by filing WP(C) 2908/2018 and this Court by order dated 18.01.2019, while closing the writ petition granted liberty to the petitioner to submit a representation before the General Manager, North Eastern Coal Fields and it was provided that if the said authority had no competence or authority he shall forward such representation to the competent authority who shall dispose of the representation within a period of 2(two) months from the finalisation of the scheme for employment or financial benefits to the dependants in respect of “social security of 10th Wage Agreement for CIL and HCCN-provisions of employment/ payment of monthly monetary compensation to dependent scheme” or any substituted scheme in force. Accordingly, the petitioner was granted liberty to approach the Court afresh.
