THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT at GUWAHATI (The High Court of Assam,Nagaland,Meghalaya,Manipur,Tripura,Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh)
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Page No. 1 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT AT GUWAHATI (The High Court Of Assam,Nagaland,Meghalaya,Manipur,Tripura,Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh) PRINCIPAL SEAT AT GUWAHATI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CASE NO : WP(C) 899/2011 District : Nagaon Category : 10057 (Order of the Appellate or Revisional authority. ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 SWAPAN CHANDA & 54 ORS SON OF GOPAL CHANDA LUMDING, NAGOAN, ASSAM. 2 SRI SUBIR BHOMIK SON OF B.B. BHOWMIK, LUMDING, NAGAON, ASSAM. 4 SRI MUHIR BHOMIK SON OF B.B.BHOWMICK, LUMDING NAGAON,ASSAM. 6 SRI TAPAN BHATTACHARJEE SON OF S. BHATTACHARJEE LUMDING, NAGAON, ASSAM. 8 SRI NAKUL MAZUMDAR SON OF LT.N.K. MAZUMDAR, GUWAHATI, KAMRUP, ASSAM. 10 SRI GANESH BAHADUR SON OF LT. LAL BAHADUR LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 12 SRI S.N. BHATTACHARJEE SON OF B.P. BHATTACHARJEE, LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 14 SRI BISWAJIT GHOSH SON OF LT. D.B. GHOSE LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 16 SRI NAKUL CH. DAS SON OF LT. RAM JIBAN DAS LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 18 SRI RAKHAL CH. DAS SON OF LT. HARE KRISHNA DAS, LANKA, NAGAON, ASSAM. 20 SRI PRADIP KR. BHATTACHARJEE SON OF S. BHATTACHARJEE, LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 22 SRI BHUPENDRA KR. DAS SON OF LT.K.C. DAS LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 24 BIPLAB KR. DAS SON OF KHUDI RAM DAS LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 26 SRI A CHATTERJEE SON OF A.C. CHATTERJEE LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 28 SRI GOPINATH DAS SON OF A.N. DAS LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 30 SRI RATAN SINGH S/O HIRALAL SINGH LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 32 SRI SAMIRAN MAZUMDAR S/O LT. GOPAL MAZUMDAR LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 34 SRI SUBHASH CH. DAS SON OF J.K. DAS LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 36 SRI TAPAN SIKDAR SON OF LT. R.M. SIKDAR LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 38 SRI SUNIL CHOWDHURY SON OF LT. B. CHOWDHURY CHAPARMUKH, NAGAON, ASSAM. 40 SRI SANJIB KARMAKAR SON OF J.G. KARMAKAR LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. Page No. 1 42 SRI A.K. DUTTA SON OF M.L. DUTTA HARANGAHOW, N.C. HILLS, ASSAM. 44 SRI S. BHATTACHARJEE SON OF A.K. BHATTACHARJEE LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 46 SRI GAUTAM BISWAS SON OF N. BISWAS LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 48 SRI SUKUMAR DUTTA SON OF LT. D.N. DUTTA GUWAHATI, KAMRUP, ASSAM. 50 SRI KISHORE NATH SON OF U.L. NATH LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 52 SRI R. MALLICK SON OF D.C. MALLICK LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 54 SRI RATAN SIKDAR SON OF LT. R.M. SIKDAR LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 56 SRI UTTAM KR. DEY SON OF GANESH CH. DEY GUWAHATI, KAMRUP, ASSAM. 58 SRI AJOY CHAKRABORTY SON OF A.R. CHAKRABORTY LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 60 SRI A. DEY SON OF LT. J.M. DEY LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 62 SRI SUBRATA BISWAS SON OF SUKUMAR BISWAS LANKA, NAGAON, ASSAM. 64 SRI TAPAN ROUTH SON OF S.J. ROUTH JHATINGA, N.C. HILLS, ASSAM. 66 SRI SWAPAN GHOSH SON OF K.L.GHOSE LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 68 SRI RATAN BHATTACHARJEE SON OF S. BHATTACHARJEE LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 70 SRI BISHNU DUTTA, SON OF AMAR KRISHNA DUTTA LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 72 SRI BRAJA GOPAL BHOMIK SON OF K.N. BHOMICK, LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 74 SRI CHANDAN ROY KARMAKAR SON OF J. ROY KARMAKAR LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 76 SRI PRADIP DEBNATH SON OF R. DEBNATH LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 78 SRI R.K. DEY SON OF LT. J. M. DEY LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 80 SRI MANOJ DAS SON OF L. DAS LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 82 SRI SHYAMAL BANIK SON OF S. BANIK LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 84 SRI SANJIB KR. ROY SON OF B.D. ROY LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 86 SRI UTTAM MAZUMDAR SON OF A. K. MAJUMDAR GUWAHATI, KAMRUP, ASSAM. 88 SRI RAJU DUTTA SON OF AMAR KRISHNA DUTTA GUWAHATI, KAMRUP, ASSAM. 90 SRI ANIL RAY SON OF A. C. ROY LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. Page No. 1 92 SRI PRADIP KR. DEBNATH SON OF MONORANJAN DEBNATH LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 94 SRI UTTAM BISWAS SON OF LT. A BISWAS LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 96 SRI A.K. DEY SON OF ASHUTOSH DEY LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 98 SRI HARIPARA DAS SON OF S. B.DAS LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 100 SRI NANDA DULAL BHOMIK SON OF K.N. BHOWMICK LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 102 SRI KHOKAN MAZUMDAR SON OF JOGESH MAJUMDAR, LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 104 SRI SUJIT DEB ROY SON OF AJIT DEB ROY LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 106 SRI DIPANKAR PAUL SON OF MUKUT PAUL LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. 108 SRI S. ROY SON OF B.D. ROY LUMDING NAGAON, ASSAM. Petitioner/appellant/applicant Versus 1 THE UNION OF INDIA & ORS REP. BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS, RAIL BHAWAN, RAISINA ROAD, NEW DELHI, PIN-110001. 2 THE GENERAL MANAGER (P), N.F. RAILWAY, MALIGAON, GUWAHATI-781011. 4 THE DIVISIONAL RAILWAY MANAGER (P), N.F. RAILWAY, LUMDING-782447. 6 THE DIVISIONAL PERSONNEL OFFICER, N.F. RAILWAY, LUMDING -782447. 8 THE RAILWAY RECRUITMENT BOARD, GUWAHATI, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, STATIONS ROAD, GUWAHATI-781001. Respondent/Opp. Party Advocates on record for Petitioner/app 1 MR. B D KONWAR 2 MRS. J M KONWAR 4 MR. R KALITA 6 MR. M K BORAH 8 MR. R HUSSAIN 10 MR. S DAS 12 MR. P CHOUDHURY Advocates on record for Respondents 1 SC, RAILWAY 2 MR. A K SARKAR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary Of Case And Prayer In Brief -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEFORE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE I. A.ANSARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K.GOSWAMI DATE OF ORDER : 01/03/2011 JUDGMENT AND ORDER (A.K.Goswami,j) Page No. 1 55 number of petitioners have approached this Court by way of an application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 4.9.2009 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Guwahati Bench in Original Application No. 88 of 2009, dismissing the application filed by them at the admission stage. 2. We have heard Mr. B.D.Konwar, learned Counsel, for the petitioner and Mr. A.K.Sarkar, learned Standing Counsel, Railways appearing for the respondent Nos. 1 to 4 and as agreed to by the learned Counsel for the parties, this case is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage. 3. The petitioners contend that they were casual labourers who worked under Mechanical Department, N.F. Railways , at Lumding Division and the casual labourers are engaged and dis-engaged, depending upon the nature of the work. For absorption or re-engagement of ex-casual labourers, the Railway Board, in 1987-1988, had issued various Circulars ,in terms of which , the Railway Authorities were required to maintain ,what is called, live register and supplementary live register. The guidelines in the Circulars provided the names of those casual labourers, who had worked prior to 01.01.1981 and were re-engaged after 01.01.1981, were to be shown in the live casual registers and whereas in the case of supplementary live casual register, the names of those casual labourers would be included, who were discharged prior to 01.01.1981 due to completion of work and not engaged thereafter but had applied for such re-engagement by 31.03.1987.The Govt. of India, Ministry of Railways had issued a Circular dated 9.10.98 to all Zonal Railways laying down the norms to be followed in screening of casual labourers borne on the live/ supplementary register. The petitioners started making representations on and from 4.10.90, seeking their re-engagements in Mechanical Department. They further made representations on 27.2.95 when they discovered that a large number of ex-casual labourers were absorbed , although they were engaged much later than the petitioners. Though some information and comments were called from the respondent No. 3 , by the respondent No. 2, nothing tangible came out and the cases of the petitioners were not considered though many casual labourers were absorbed in Group D Category. 3. The petitioners had taken resort to the Court of law by filing O.A. No. 248 of 2006 before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Guwahati Bench with the following prayers:- “(a) A direction to the respondents to include the names of the applicants to the live register/supplementary live register of ex-casual workers. (b) A direction to the respondents to absorb the applicants in the same way as has been done with regard to the 194 similarly situated ex-casual workers (c) A direction to the respondents to issue similar Order in favour of the applicants like that of Order No. EW/261 I Pt. II, dated 03.02.2005 issued by the Railways appointing 25 numbers of Khalasis.” The Tribunal by an order dated 23.10.2006 disposed of the O.A. No. 248 of 2006 directing the applicants therein to submit independent representation with relevant records available with them to the respondent authorities and on receipt of such representation, the competent authority would consider and dispose of the same with a speaking order within a period of 4 months from the date of receipt of the order. On 17.01.2007, on receipt of the representations, in compliance of the order of the Tribunal dated 23.10.2006, the Page No. 1 respondent authorities stated that the petitioners had not applied within the stipulated time (31.03.1987) for inclusion of their names in the live register/ supplementary live and as such, there was neither any scope to enlist their names nor to verify the genuineness of their claims at this distant point of time. This order was again put to challenge before the Tribunal in O.A. No. 84/2007 and confronted with the fact that they had not filed applications for absorption prior to 31.3.1987, the original application was sought to be withdrawn with a liberty to approach the respondent authorities for a proper consideration on merits after condoning the delay and accordingly, the said O.A No.