THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI MADAN B. LOKUR AND THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.33762 OF 2011 DATED:26.12.2011 Between: Dalith Bahujana Vyavasaya Karmika Sangham Rep. by its State Secretary Sri I. Suryanarayana, S/o. Tirapayya R/o. D.No.9-5-18, Opp. Gandhinagar Post Office Kakinada, East Godavari District … Petitioner And The Government of A.P. Rep. by its Principal Secretary Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (RD-II) Secretariat Buildings Hyderabad and others … Respondents THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI MADAN B. LOKUR AND THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.33762 OF 2011 ORDER: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice Shri Madan B. Lokur) The case of the petitioner is that the ex gratia payment made under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 should be made applicable to persons who are doing unskilled manual works under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. 2. We do not see how such a contention is tenable. 3. We may also note that the State of Andhra Pradesh has prepared a scheme called ‘Andhra Pradesh Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme’ whereunder ex gratia payment is made to a person employed, who dies or becomes permanently disabled by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. The ex gratia payment to the legal heirs of such person is fixed at Rs.25,000/- or such amount as may be notified by the Central Government. We are told that the Central Government has increased the amount to Rs.50,000/-. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner says that if the principles of the Workmen’s Compensation Act are incorporated in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the ex gratia amount payable would be much more. 5. As already mentioned above, we do not see how the provisions of one statute can be incorporated in another statute unless there is a specific provision in this regard. In the absence of such a specific provision, we cannot accept the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner. 5. The writ petition is without any merit and is accordingly dismissed. Miscellaneous application is also dismissed. __________________ MADAN B. LOKUR, CJ _______________ SANJAY KUMAR, J 26-12-2011 bnr