IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 13923 OF 2024 (@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 1578 OF 2021)
BHARAT COKING COAL LTD. & ORS. APPELLANTS
VERSUS
DHIREN RAWANI RESPONDENT
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. On the last date, we had granted time to learned
counsel for the respondent for taking instructions. However,
today, he states that he could not establish contact with the
respondent.
3. Respondent’s father was working as P.R. Trammer in
Bharat Coking Coal limited, who died in harness on 14th June,
2003. His widow made an application for appointment on
compassionate ground, which was rejected on 15th January, 2004.
As the respondent was minor at the time of death of his
father, his name was kept on the live roster on the request
made by the Union. On attaining the age of 18 years, the
respondent claims that in the year 2008, he made an
application/representation for grant of compassionate
appointment. According to the case of the respondent, he
applied in the year 2016 under the Right to Information Act,
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2005, for grant of a copy of the decision taken on his
application. Ultimately, in 2018, the respondent filed a writ
petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before
the High Court. The learned Single Judge held that there was
a delay of 10 years in approaching the High Court on the part
of the respondent...