Tuesday, November 22, 2022

After a long battle, 79 persons got employed

 ITEM NO.7               COURT NO.9               SECTION XVI

               S U P R E M E  C O U R T  O F  I N D I A

                       RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No. 25749/2022

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated  19-03-2021

in WPCRC No. 267/2019 29-07-2022 in WPCRC No. 35/2022 passed by the

High Court At Calcutta)

THE DIVISIONAL RAILWAY MANAGER                     Petitioner(s)

                                VERSUS

ALOK RANJAN ROY & ORS.                             Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.119286/2022-CONDONATION OF DELAY

IN FILING and IA No.119288/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE

IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)


Date : 23-09-2022 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI

         HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE BELA M. TRIVEDI

For Petitioner(s) Ms. Madhvi Divan, ASG

Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Rajan Kr. Chourasia, Adv.

Ms. Vaishali Verma, Adv.

Mr. Sahil Monga, Adv.

Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR

                  

For Respondent(s) Mr. Partha Sarathi Bhattacharyya, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Arvind Gupta, AOR

Mr. Amit S., Adv.

                    

          UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

                             O R D E R

Delay condoned.

The  learned  Additional  Solicitor  General  has,  today,  placed

before us a communication sent by the Senior Divisional Personnel

Officer,  Eastern  Railway,  Sealdah  dated  22.09.2022,  stating  that

the competent authorities of railways have initiated the process to

employ  79  (seventy  nine)  applicants.  It  has  further  been  stated

that  the  general  medical  fitness  test  would  be  completed  by

14.10.2022  and  final  appointment  order  would  be  issued  by

21.10.2022.

In continuity with the order dated 26.08.2022, we could only

observe  that  even  if  late,  when  the  authorities  concerned  have

taken  concrete  steps  for  compliance,  it  may  not  be  a  case  of

willful and deliberate disobedience on their part. 

Having said so and having taken note of the submissions made

on behalf of the petitioners, we would modify the impugned order

dated 29.07.2022 in the manner that the observations therein shall

not  operate  against  the  petitioners  provided  the  process  is

completed  as  contemplated  by  the  communication  dated  22.09.2022,

punctually and without fail. We would leave other aspects of the

matter  open  for  consideration  by  the  High  Court  in  the  pending

contempt petition.

A  copy  of  the  said  communication  dated  22.09.2022  may  be

placed on record.

It  goes  without  saying  that  the  decision  as  taken  by  the

competent authorities in this matter had been in reference to the

peculiar circumstances of the case and orders earlier passed in the

matter.

Subject to the observations foregoing, this petition seeking

special leave to appeal stands disposed of.

All pending applications stand disposed of.

(SNEHA DAS)                              (RANJANA SHAILEY)

SENIOR PERSONAL ASSISTANT                     COURT MASTER (NSH)

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