PRABHA DEVI Vs. EASTERN COAL FIELD LIMITED

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This writ petition is under Article 226 of the Constitution of India whereby and whereunder direction has been sought for upon the respondent- Eastern Coalfield Limited to withdraw the communication dated 19.03.2019 and restrained the respondent Company in releasing awarded amount in the account of Keshowati Deti.

(2.) The petitioner who happens to be the daughter of respondent No.5 is claiming the compensation amount by virtue of being the co-sharer of the ancestral property which has been acquired under the provision of Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the Act, 1957).

(3.) This matter was heard on 23rd June, 2019 and an order was passed to implead the said Keshowati Devi as respondent No.5 along with an order of ad-interim relief restraining the respondent not to disburse the further amount in the account of the said Keshowati Devi.