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Surja Ram v. Union of India

Rajasthan HC2 Sept 2024CW/6043/2022

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What is this about?

An agriculturist whose Kharif 2020 crop insurance claim went unpaid because his bank wrongly recorded his village sought direction to decide his corrected claim. The court disposed of the writ petition directing respondents No.1 & 2 to decide the pending claim within ten weeks in accordance with law.

What did the court decide?

Direction to respondents No.1 & 2 to decide the petitioner's pending crop insurance compensation claim within ten weeks in accordance with law.

Surja Ram Vs Union of India — Insurance | Rajasthan HC (2024)

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR

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S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 6043/2022

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Surja Ram S/o Rupa Ram, Aged About 56 Years, Gram Post Kamedia Tehsil Jayal District Nagaur.

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----Petitioner

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Versus

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Union Of India, Through The Secretary, Department Of Agriculture, Cooperation And Farmers Welfare, Government Of India, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001.

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Union Of India, Through The Chief Executive Officers Department Of Agriculture, Cooperation And Farmers Welfare, Government Of India, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi 110001

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State Of Rajasthan, Through The Principle Secretary, Department Of Agriculture, Government Of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

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The Principle Secretary, Department Of Co-Operative Society, Government Of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

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The Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Nehru Sahkar Bhawan, 22 Godam, Jaipur.

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The Commissioner, Agriculture Commissionrate Of Agriculture, Government Of Rajasthan, Pant Krishi Bhawan, Jaipur.

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The Joint Secretary, Department Of Agriculture, Government Of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

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The Joint Director, Department Of Agriculture (Insurance), Government Of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

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The District Collector, Nagaur. 10. The Deputy Director (Extension), Department Of Agriculture, Nagaur.

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The Nagaur Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., Nagaur Through Its Managing Director, Gandhi Chowk, Nagaur.

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The Nagaur Centarl Cooperative Bank Ltd., Nagaur Through Its Branch Manager, Jayal District Nagaur.

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The Manager, Cooperative Gram Seva Sahkari Samiti Limited, Kamedia, Gram Panchayat Kamedia, Tehsil Jayal, District Nagaur.

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The Manager, Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd., (Regional Officer), Man Upasana Plot No.c-44, 6Th Floor, Sardar Patel Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur 302001

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----Respondents

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For Petitioner(s)	:	Mr. Rishabh Shrimali
For Respondent(s)	:	Mr. Mukesh Rajpurohit, Dy.S.G. with Mr. Uttam Singh Rajpurohit Mr. I.R. Choudhary, AAG with
		Mr. Vinay Baghmar
		Mr. Nathu Singh Rathore, AAG with
		Mr. Ravindra and Mr. Ram Avtar

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JUSTICE DINESH MEHTA

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Order

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02/09/2024

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Heard learned counsel for the parties.

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The present writ petition has been filed for award of compensation to the petitioner in lieu of insurance for the damages of Kharif Crop for the year 2020.

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Briefly the facts noted are that the petitioner is an agriculturist of Patwar Halka, Kamediya. The petitioner paid premium for the Kharif crop of 2020 through Central Cooperative Bank, Nagaur. The concerned bank accepted the requisite documents along with the details filled in by the petitioner. However, while processing the case for payment of compensation, in place of village Kamediya, the name of the village was wrongly filled as Kherat, therefore, the petitioner was not paid the compensation for the damages of his crop. The petitioner is claiming compensation under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna, 2020. When claim of the petitioner was not paid, he filed an application before the bank for payment of compensation. On this

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application, the officials of the bank informed that by an inadvertent mistake, the name of the village was wrongly shown as Kherat and necessary corrective measures are being taken by the bank. In furtherance of the same, the correct details and information was sent to the committee constituted by the Central Government comprising of representative of the State Government for making necessary corrections in the record and for award of compensation to the petitioner. Despite corrective measures having been taken by the bank, the committee constituted for the purpose has not decided the claim of the petitioner till date. In the circumstances, the petitioner has preferred the present writ petition praying that the Committee constituted may be directed to decide the case of the petitioner for award of compensation as per the information submitted by the bank for correction of the mistake committed by the bank at the earliest.

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Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents are not in a position to refute the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of Union of India assures this court that the committee will decide the claim case of the petitioner at the earliest, strictly in accordance with law.

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In view of the submissions made, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents No.1 & 2 to decide the pending claim case of the petitioner for grant of compensation for the damages of Kharif Crop for the year 2020 at the earliest preferably within a period of ten weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order, strictly in accordance with law.

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Needless to say that the documents supplied by the petitioner and the bank for correcting the clerical mistake committed by the bank shall be taken into account by the Committee for deciding the claim case of the petitioner.

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The stay application also stands disposed of accordingly.

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(DINESH MEHTA),J

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178-Arvind/-

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