(1.) The core question which arises for consideration in all these 19 appeals is as to whether consignment booked under a "said to contain" railway receipt, amounts to admission on the part of the railway administration, that the said number of articles had in fact were loaded?
(2.) This question has emerged in the following circumstances :
(3.) Mr. M. Rafiq learned counsel for the Union of India (for short UOI) vigorously canvassed that the abbreviations like "said to contain", "L / U", 'SWA' are commonly accepted in the Railway. The concept of ' said to contain' has been accepted not only by proviso to Section 65 of the Railways Act but also by Rule 1529 (b) of the Commercial Manual. The Tribunal was wholly unjustified in accepting the claim of the claimants merely on the basis of shortage certificate, which in the instant case could not in any manner prove the fact as to what quantity of goods were despatched/loaded when the consignment was initially entrusted to the Railways for carriage. The onus of proving the quantity and contents of consignments, was upon the claimants which they failed to discharge. The Railway receipts were prepared on the basis of the statements made by the consignor in the forwarding Notes and it was on the basis of the statements that entries in the outward Tally Books were made. All these facts were conclusively proved by the affidavits of Shri R. K. Berwa and Shri L. Nageshwar Rao.
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