IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BILASPUR CHHATTISGARH M.A.(C) No. 551 / 2011 APPELLANT APPLICANT ^^ &•••" -••' • Bakhshish Singh S/o Late Dilip Singh aged about 56 years R/o 3/A, Street-32, Sector -7, Bhilai Distt. Durg (CG). •.../••••;,£,€?•••'^../-^' ^€^x '^•-<^/ ^ V- VERSUS RESPONDENT/ NON-APPLICANT Bhilai Carry Company (BCC) Through - Yadvendra Singh @ Lucky C/o I. A. Das Company, opposite- ITI Bhilai Power House Bhilai Distt. Durg (CG). MLSC APPEAL (CLAIM) UNDER SECTION 30 OF WORKMEN COMPENSATION ACT. 1923 —-•t!.. ^•S-S--'^i'c_'S- rf^d-^-rTT'ST^ i?^.W"t .e^.W^v it, fW^-fiC^ts^_^'e"^W A <Wi- ^3:TT A e¥ir&TT-it"s. niurra ^^UiSri ^s ^ja-i^.^ ^. & £s?^ze^^..£i^i, ^.AJL Aa.A. 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'; >-- /^1.-..-.-. 7--T.-. .'~:/ni /'"•:/"•> ^ .'^./~?T 7 /^ A .-.-'-^'\T-.—,.^-,.-.-.'5 1">-." ^!.juj.iuiyyj.ij-ti^i"i 111 ou^e i^u.^o/ ^ij iu/ vy .^-. .HLCI/ i^<Jii~i£3...s±i^ uy i.iie appeij.aaT aisniissing Liifi CISUID. 01 uie appciiaiii. ^. i^nei i<^CtS 01 uie c&se &s per v^rsioii 01 xiifi cisjjiisjic sj-e Uifcil. e=.L II1C LllUiG 01 ci.l;iJU.UCIlL. L11S cippCUcillt/ClfcUUleliJ.1 Wdii 'worklng under Jhe respondent, as truck dnv&r. Oii 22-12- 2007 hi the rdght at abbut 11-30 p.ia., wfaUe fhe s.ppeu8iiL/ciaiuiHiit rsaKiisuiSii t^ingn was geiiiug 11110 iiie ^A~l" tr'uck, all of a suddea the hai'idle of uie door' of the u'uck was broken, as a result of whlch hc feu down aiid sustained grlevous iujuries. Ke was adniitted in Sector-9 Hospitai, BhHai ^-.^ ^^^^.^-^-,^,-^ lUi' U.'G^iU.Utliit. On account 01 ttie sald acciuej the appellaju./cla 1 ffiant had becoui£~'100%dlsabled. At thc tinie of accident, thc clalniaiit wa.s eaming Rs.8,500/- per iuonth. ,.-..-i3sai^,^ .3^'"%. ^.-^^ »%%!.. ;K. y.^. 3. llie appeliaiit/claiinaiit liad liied a claiiii petition uuuer Section 22 of the Wor-kuiens Compensation Act, 1923 (for short ^he Act, 1923^ before flie Coiuuiissioner, clalinii'-ig coinpensation. tbr tuc lujurifis sustalned uy hiin., ia uie acciaenT. 4. Leai'ned Comnilssioner on a close scr'utln'v of uie evldence led, maLerial placed atid subuiissions made by fi-ie pai'tles, has aisn'ussea uie ciau.u 01 u~ie appeiiaiiL/ ciauuaxiL. 5. We have perused the recor'd of flie Commissiouer a-ad fourid uiat uiere is 110 certulcate of flie medical board to certil'y tlie extent of fhe permanent dlsabUlly. However, it is iiicutioned by fhe doctor' fhat re-assessment is required to be iiiade after five ;''eai's. It has also been luentloned that tii.e condition of ttie appellaat is Uxely to be hiiproved. It 1s iiientioned in the certificate issued bv the Dlsti'lct Medical Board, Uui'g, tiiat lt woulci not bc tor Co'ui't pui'pose. Wtien a Medlcal Boai'd issues a certulcate, that cai'i be u'sed for Court purpose aiiCt iii oui' opuiion, it will ma.ke no difference, even if, ui tiie certiilcate, it has been nientloned that the sanie was not issueu for Court purpose. However, 111 our vlew fhe cerfttlcate issued by tlie Dlstiict Medical Boai'd, Dui'g is of no use for the pLU'pose ot ciaiiTi peutlon, as it 1s not a periiiaiient ulsabulty ceiTiuca.ie. 6. lt 1s also t0 be noticed fuat. fhe appellant had iaipleaded BhUaI Cai'iy Compaiiy (BCC) tfarough Yadveiidra Siiigh alias Luclsy, C/o I.A. Das Com.pany, as respondent. It is tlie contention of leai'ne.d couiisel appear'uig for Yadvendra Sin.gli allas Lucky; that he is not an ofucer, eiaployce, ofilce beai'er' or the owner' of flie BCC, therefore, uie BCC has wrongiy been impleaded through hlm. Accordiagly, fhe appeUant should liave aiucij.ded the cause tltle. WMi regard to question of condonation of delay Iti ffluig ttie clalm petiUon, in our opiruon, the Coiuinissloner for. ""s&i ''% ^ -'''.; '•^,.,^'wy4' ''t~~.^'"i...'^-<,-;-5-' worKiiien.^s LXiuiycusau.on. snouia reconsiaer ine saiiic. any certlGcate, certliying peniianent disajjilily of the appellant, Uieicror'c, lii our oplnion, ttie jna.tter rcquires reconslclerauon at the end offae Coiamissiouer. 8. In vlew of flie above, we allo'w tliis appeal ui pait, set aslde flie impugned awaf'd aiid rernlt back the riiatter to fhe Commissioner' lor woi'kmens Compensatiou lor r'econsiaerauon on iiieni.s, ui view 01 uie ousei'vauons niaae hereln above. But before reconsidcf'atlon, the appellant shall be given liberty to appeai" befor'e tue District Medlcal Board agaln and obtain the certificatc, cef'tift'iiig tiie exteiit of physical •peniianent disaJjUity and on that basls the extent of funcuonal permanenx aisaDjiny. 9. The a.ppeUant shall slso oe grantcd aji aio.end tlie cause title in fhe clalm petl portunity to also the pieauings, li aisy. 10. It is also to be notlced that before fhe Couiiiiissloaei", fiie pr'oceedlngs were held ex-pai"te due to non-appearance of fhe respondent. Therefore, aiter correction of the cause tltle ui the clalm petitlon, ttie responcieot siiall &e granteu iiberty to lile riis 11. 7he records of fhe Coiniiiissluner ibr Workmen^i Coiiipensatioii shall be sent back without fuf'ther' delay. i^. piio oru.er as 10 cosis. Sd/- I.M.Quddusi Judge Sd/- G. Minhajuddin Judge Rf g