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South Eastem Coalfields Limited. i|Iluough its Chairmai-cum-Managii^Director, i|Seepat Road, BUaspur(MP)- 495 006; Petition under Article 226 offhe Constitutioriofludia. Respondente. $s 'Nl"isttllt HIGH CQURT OF JUOICATURE CMHATTiSG DIVtSION BENCU -CORAM : HON'BLE SHRI H.L. DATTU,CJ. HON'BLE SHRJ V.K. SHRIVASTAVA, PETITIONER RESPONDENTS W.P. N0.3402 OF 1989 Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhys Versus Union of India and others Presenf: Shri Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay, petitioner in person. Shri Bhishma Kinger, Standing Counse! fof Union of india' respondentNo.1. Shri P.S. Nair, Sr. Advocate with Shri Vinod Dashmukh, counsel for Coa! India Limited and Coalfields Limited/ respondentsNo. 2 and 3. W.P. N0.4621 OF 1999 PETITION6RS H.D. Gupia & others Versus 8ESPONDENTS ia and oi Present: Shri RabindraNath Mukhopadhyay, party in person. Shri Bhishma Kinger, Standing Counsel for Union of respondent No.1. Shri P.S. Nair, Sr. Advocate with Shri Vinod Deshmukh, counsel for Coal India LimiSed and South Coaffields Limited/ respondents No. 2 and .P. N0.3466 OF 2003 Smt. Saraswati Sadhu Versus ; PETITION6R /' 9C. Coal Present: Shri Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay, party in person Shri P.S. Nair, Sr. Advocate with Shri Vinod Deshmukh, counsei for Coal Indja Limited and South Eastern Coalfields Limited/respondents. ORALORDER [Passed on 19th February, 2007) The following oral order of ttie Court was passed by H.L. Dattu, CJ. The issues involved in all these therefore, they are clubbed, heard and disposed order. rvrit petitions ars common, sposed <rf by this common (2) Petitioner in W.P. No. 3402 of 198S, at ihe time ot fiiing of tttis writ petition, was working as Legal Manager in Souih Eastern Coaffields Limited. He is also General Secretary of the Coai Mines Officers' Association of India. In this wit petition, the petitjoner is seeking the foliowing reliefs. They are: "0 To quash the Annexure P-1 by issuing the writ of certiorari. ii) To issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to pay gratuity to all the executives who retired between the period 1-1-92 to 24-9-97 at the rate of 15 days' salary for each completed year of service. iii) To award interest on the balance amounf of gratuity payable to the executives who retired beiweyn 1-1-92to24-9-97. iv) To hold that Sec.4(3) of the Psyment af Gratuity Act is uKra vires. -— — ^-. ItiUiutWt^ ^T y ^ v). To award costs to t!ie vi). Any other reliefr reiiefe order,' ordsrs, writ/writs, directiorv directions as may be deemed flt by this Hon'ble Court. (3) After arguing the matter for some time, learned Sanior Counsel appearing for respondents No.2 and 3/ Coal India Limited & South Eastem Coalfields Limited would submit, that, if the petitioner approaches respondent - Coal India Limited for redressa! of his grievances and also grievances of other Officers of the respondents - Organisation, the same would be sympathetically considered by the respondents. (4) The suggestion made by the learned Senior Counsel is not opposed by the petitioner who appears in person. The peUtioner as well as respondents No. 2 and 3 have filed memos before us. (5) Memo filed by petitioner - Rabindra Natn Mukhopadhyay resds as under: 'That the petitioner begs to submit that the respondents in continuation of order dated 07.01.2002 passed by this Hon'bie Court have an expressed their wiliingnsss to consider sympathetically the claim of the officers and their legal dependent. In view of such submissions the petitioner accepts the same and wili make representation before the CMD, Coal India Ltd., Kotkata i.e. respondent No.2 for consideration his grievances by sympathetically and accordingty the matter may kindly be dispossd. " (6) Memo flled by learned counsel for reads as under: s No. 2 •—" s& BBtiSii Bi5'!«<i'!: 9 . •^i-i^'!. '^fi?: 't'- ^'.^•! BSi^ 18S;1 'rSS.^'^' ^^'^':- SBiaK?- iljljjil^^. BiS'EiS 3i;S:;;'J^^:.:!: L( " Byorderdated 07.01.2002 passed by this Hon'ble Court, the Respondent No.1 and 2 begs to submit thatthe committee ofthree members have been constituted to examine the grievances of the petitioner individually and the same grievances were examined whenever, ariy more eiaim in respect of concemed officers that he can submit thesame to CMD, Coal india Limlted, Kolkataand get the matter to examine and will take the sympathetlcally view in light of the grievancss of the peUtioner. He may therefore, submit a detail of the claimindlvidually ofthe concemed offlcer to CMD, Coal Indla Limited, KOIkata and thereafter the Respondent No.2 will consider the grievances ofthe peUUoner by sympathetically view. That,in vlewoftheabovesubmission, the Hon'ble Court be pleased disposed the matter accordingly." ;(7) In view of the memos so filed by the petitioner as well as respondentsNo.2and3,weareoftheQpinionthatweneed notgointo ^he mertts and demerits of the petiUoners' case. Accordingly, ttie following: Order The wr'rt petiUons are disposed of. The memos filed bythe partiestothe iis are ptaced on record. The pstttionere are at liberty to maks appropriato representations before respondent - Coal India Limited, within a month's time from today for redressal of their grievances. © OD ^? ^y ijns• :^.'- SiBi'iii.tB- 3Ril"'ptBaS' -^- 1:1, ^•&:;,.f: rni:m: ;'i.v: (iv) If and when such representations are filed by the petitionere, the respondent - Coal India Limited shall consider the same sympattiedcally, pass appropriate orders and serve a copy of the said order on the petitioners. tf for any reason, the petitioners are aggrieved by the sald order, they are at liberty to approach this Court once agaln. (v) AIIthecontentlonsralsed byboththepartiesareleftbpen. (vi) Ordered accordingly. Sd/- ChiefJustice Sd//- V.K.Shrivastava Judge w !!• ffii'II ^s '^ ^i' ;' If