The Singareni Collieries Company Limited, v. Sri Madineni Posham
Case brief
What is this about?
NCWA-VI Clause 9.4.0 dependent employment; medically invalidated coal mine workmen; Singareni Collieries Company Limited; general physical debility versus permanent disablement from injury or disease; judicial review of expert medical board opinion; deference not absolute; amputation with 94% disability; stroke hemiparesis; quadriparesis; glaucomatous optic atrophy; age bar 58 years; residual service less than two years; lump sum compensation in lieu of dependent employment; Gandhi Medical Hospital independent Medical Board; Corporate Medical Board committee; beneficial construction of welfare settlement; Industrial Disputes Act Section 12(3); Telangana High Court writ appeal batch 2025; compensation adjustment against post-retirement dues.
What did the court decide?
Writ appeals disposed of by common judgment: the five workmen at serial Nos. 1, 8, 16, 24 and 32 of the table in paragraph 25 (Madurakavi Kistaiah, Kekerla Veerasham, Durgam Gangaram, Chenda Narayana, Vasala Mogili) are placed under Clause 9.4.0(i) of NCWA-VI; the categorisation of the remaining workmen under Clause 9.4.0(ii) is left undisturbed; monetary compensation, if any, paid to those five is to be adjusted or recovered from admissible post-retirement dues; no order as to costs; pending miscellaneous petitions closed.