RAJESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PETITIONERS in these writ applications being teachers in the various Government High Schools, were deployed as Polling Officers for election duty by the order of the District Election Officer -cum -Deputy Commissioner of the district for the bye elections of the House of People of 2007.

(2.) THE injured persons including the present petitioners were referred to the especially constituted Medical Board to assess the extent of disability suffered by them. The Medical Board on examining each of the injured persons, had submitted its report stating the extent of disablement which each of the injured persons had suffered.

(3.) CLAIMING that they are entitled to receive the compensation amount of Rs. 5 lakhs each, as per the compensation package announced by the Hon'ble Chief Minister, and claiming that the inaction of the respondents and their failure to pay appropriate compensation to the petitioners is not only against the principles of natural justice but it is also violative of the provisions of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners in their individual writ applications have prayed for issuance of a direction to the respondents to pay compensation to the petitioners in terms of the compensation package announced by the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Government of Jharkhand and the corresponding notification of the State Government through its concerned department and also to pay the amounts in respect of the medical and other expenses incurred by them for the treatment of their injuries sustained during the election duty.