IN THB HIGH C00RT_OP CHHATT1SGARH, AT BXL^SPUR frtfit Petition No»__________/05 Petitioner Office Reference le ! Versus .y Respondents l^ State of Cfohattisgarfa through collector Bilaspur (CG) 2^ Commissioner M^nlcipal Corporatioa^ Bilaspiir (CG) HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BILASPUR: CHHATTISGARH DtVISION BENCH CORAM: HON'BLE SHRI H.L. DAHU, CJ ^ID HON'BLE SHRI V.K. SHRIVASTAVA, J; PETmONER RESPONDENTS: Writ Pefrtion No.4372 of 200S Office reference VERSUS State of ChhatHsgarh and another Present: Ku. Sunita Jain, Advocate appears as Amicus Curiae Shri Vinay Harit, Dy. Adv. General for the State/ respondent No.1 Shri P. Diwakar, Sr. Advocate with Shri A.S. Kachhawaha, counsel for respondent No.2. ORALORDER {Passed on 21st February, 2007) The following oral order of the Court was passed by H.LDattu,CJ. News item published in "Hartbhoomi" was taken note of by this Court and accordingly had directed the Registry to treat the news item as Public Interest Litigation. Notice of this petition was ordered to be issued andserved on tiie respondents. (2) The Municipal Corporation and the State ©overnmenthave fited their returns. They have stated in their returns, the procedur®that requires to be followed by the tegal representatives of the deceased emptoyees to claim certain monetarybenefite. (3) After carefully considering the contents of the returns tlted by the respondente, in ourview, the legal representatives ofthe deceased 2-- employees are required to follow th@ procedure prescribed to ctaim the benefit under the scheme framed by the State Government as well as by the Union Govemment. Unless that procedure is fotlowed, the taxpayers' money cannot be properly protected either by the Coiporation or bythe State Govemment. (4) In view of the above, no ftirther ordere need be passed in ttiis writ petition. Accordingly, thls writ petition is disposed of. (5) This Court places on record its appreciation on the efforts made by learned counsel Ms. Sunita Jain, who was appointed as an Amteus Curiae to assist this Court. (6) Ordered accordingly. Sd/- Chief Justice Sd/- V.K.Shrivastava Judge