OM PARKASH Vs. SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioners have filed this writ petition for issuance of a direction to the respondents to provide a suitable job to petitioner No. 2, who is son of petitioner No. 1, on the ground that petitioner No. 1 has suffered serious injuries in a train accident.

(2.) IN the present case, on 21.4.1999, petitioner No. 1 was travelling by train from Jagadhri to Mustafabad. When he was getting down from the train at Mustafabad Railway Station, he fell down as the train started moving. Ultimately, because of the nature of injuries, his left leg and left arm were amputated. With regard to the said accident, petitioner No. 1 filed a claim petition before the Railway Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh and vide Award dated 31.7.2002, he was awarded and amount of Rs.4,00,000/- as compensation.

(3.) UNDISPUTEDLY , there is no policy framed by the Railway Department for providing jobs to the persons, who sustain injuries while travelling in the train. As far as the decision Annexure P-2 is concerned, case of petitioners is not covered by the same, as petitioner No. 1 has received injuries, due to the negligence of the railway authorities, while alighting from the train. He has not received the injuries in a train collusion. Thus, we do not find any ground to entertain this petition.