JUDGEMENT
SAUGATA BHATTACHARYYA,J. -
(1.) The intra court appeal [A.P.O. No. 127 of 2019] and stay application [G.A. No. 1957 of 2019] are presented by the M/s. Eastern Coalfields Ltd.
(hereinafter referred to as 'ECL') and its Chairman-cum-Managing Director and
the Director (Personnel) questioning the judgment/order dated 3rd May, 2019
passed by the learned Single Judge whereby the writ petition was allowed by
directing the appellants herein within two weeks from the date of
communication of the impugned order to obtain the police verification report in
respect of the writ petitioner and also send the writ petitioner for medical test
and it was also directed that if the reports are favourable, then the employment
was directed to be given to him upon compliance of other formalities within a
period of three months from the date of the communication of the order. Being
aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the direction of providing employment to the
writ petitioner the appellants have preferred the intra court appeal and the stay
application which are disposed of by the common judgment with the consent of
the parties.
(2.) The writ petitioner namely, Sk. Amjad Maji is the grandson of Sk. Kubed Maji. The case made out in the writ petition by Sk. Amjad was based on the
fact that plots of land situated within Dag No. 1935, 1925 and 1927 under
Khatian No. 468, J.L. No. 23, Mauza Pariharpur, Burdwan measuring more
than one acre was purchased by the concerned authority of the ECL for
mining. Under the scheme namely, "Guidelines For Determining Eligibility of
The Candidate To Be Appointed From Land Losers'' framed by the appellants,
the proposal for employment of Sk. Kubed (grandfather of the writ petitioner)
was approved vide order dated 16th August, 1993 under Ref. No. A /Gir
/Survey/9/C-6/93/2055, upon Sk. Kubed being found eligible to get such
appointment under the said scheme. The order dated 16th August, 1993 issued
by the appellants on appointment of Sk. Kubed is quoted in the judgment
under appeal. Though it is not spelt out in the writ petition the actual reason
for not employing Sk. Kubed in spite of the said order dated 16th August, 1993
but from paragraph 4(f) of the affidavit-in-opposition used on behalf of the
appellants before the learned Single Judge it appears that due to death of Sk.
Kubed the process of employing him under land loser category could not be
made complete.
(3.) Thereafter, Sk. Irshad Maji (father of the writ petitioner) laid his claim being the nominee of Sk. Kubed for being appointed under land loser category
in terms of the said scheme where provisions have been made for providing
employment to the nominee of the deceased land loser. The appellants
examined the possibilities of providing employment to Sk. Irshad which
appears from one memo dated 29th December, 1997 issued by Director
(Personnel) ECL addressed to the then General Secretary, CMU, (INTUC).
Clause 2 of the said memo dated 29th December, 1997 is quoted below:
"2. Case of Sri Irshad Maji son of Sk. Kubed Maji. Previously employment was approved in the name of Kubed Maji which was communicated to the area in March, 93. Subsequently, the case was processed for employment for Irshad Maji s/o. Kubed Maji and all the clarifications asked from the area has been received and the case is under process." ;
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