ACHE LAL NAPIT Vs. BHARAT COKING COAL LTD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD the parties.

(2.) THE petitioner in the instant case prays for quashing the letter dated 14.2.2002 issued by the Project Officer, Shatabdi OCP of BCCL, Moraidih Colliery, Barora Area, District -Dhanbad whereby and whereunder the petitioner was sought to be superannuated with effect from 1.7.2002 contrary to his date of birth recorded in the service book.

(3.) A counter affidavit has been filed wherein it has been stated that the petitioner is a workman and he has an alternative remedy by way of invoking the provisions under the Industrial Disputes Act. They have further stated that the documents brought on record by the petitioner are tampered and manipulated. It is also stated that in the service excerpts, the date of birth was initially recorded as "28 years as in 1970" but later on "1970" was corrected to read "1978". Other statements are of similar nature.