Dismissed

The Chief General Manager and Ors. v. Indrasan Devi and Anr.

Patna HC7 Jan 2019C. REV./84/2018

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In this civil review application filed by North Coal Limited against an order in a writ case concerning succession benefits to a deceased employee, the single-judge High Court held the review to be academic. Since the original writ was dismissed on maintainability grounds and the parties were already free to seek civil remedies for succession, the review was dismissed.

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The review application is dismissed as it is of an academic nature.

The Chief General Manager and Ors. Vs… — Constitutional and Fundamental Rights | Patna HC (2019)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Review No.84 of 2018

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Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6064 of 2014

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The Chief General Manager, N.C.L., Jayant Project Singhrauli, Madhya Pradesh

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The Administrative Officer, N.C.L., Jayant Project Singhrauli, Madhya Pradesh

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The Accountant, N.C.L., Jayant Project Singhrauli, Madhya Pradesh

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... Respondent-Petitioner

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Versus

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Indrasan Devi, wife of late Awadh Narayan Singh, resident of village Aatapur, P.S. & P.O., Ayar, district Bhojpur (Ara)

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… Petitioner-O.P. 1^st Set

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The Union of India through the Secretary, Ministry of Coal & Mines, Government of India, New Delhi ... Respondent- O.P. 2^nd Set

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Appearance :

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For the Petitioners : Mr.Vishwa Mohan Kumar Sinha, Adv. For the O.P. : Mr.S.D Sanjay (Addl. Soc. Gen.)

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CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL

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ORAL ORDER

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3 07-01-2019

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Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the

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learned counsel appearing for the Union of India.

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No notice is required to be issued to opposite party

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no. 1, Indrasan Devi, the wife of employee, late Awadh Narayan Singh, in view of the order which is to be passed today.

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Petitioner has preferred a review application for review of the order, dated 21.05.2015, passed in C.W.J.C. No. 6064 of 2014, stating therein that a writ application against the Norther Coal Fields Limited, Jayant Project, Sighrauli, Madhya Pradesh, is not maintainable as the employee, late Awadh Narayan Singh, was all along posted in the Northern Coal Fields Limited, Jayant Project, Sighrauli, Madhya Pradesh, till his

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Patna High Court C. REV. No.84 of 2018(3) dt.07-01-2019 2/2

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retirement.

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Considering the fact that this Court in the writ application filed by opposite party no. 1, Indrasan Devi, the mother of the erstwhile employee, claiming death-cum-retiral benefit has not been decided on merit, but, the disputing parties the wife, Raj Kumari Singh, Sister Durgawati Kumari and the petitioner, had been given liberty to approach the Court of competent civil jurisdiction and beget a succession certificate for their entitlement as being successor of late Awadh Narayan Singh, this review application is of an academic nature.

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Accordingly, this review application is dismissed .

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(Nilu Agrawal, J)

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Shamshad/-

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The Chief General Manager and Ors. v. Indrasan Devi and Anr.

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