S. MOHAN, M. N. VENKATACHALIAH
Calcutta Port Trust – Appellant
Versus
Deba Prosad Bag: Ashoke Kumar Maity – Respondent
ORDER
1. We had passed the following order on 6-4-19941 {Calcutta Port Trust v. Deba Prosad Bag, 1994 Supp (2) SCC 101 : 1994 SCC (L&S) 799 : (1994) 27 ATC 407} : (SCC p. 106, para 13) "On a consideration of the above, we are of the view that the stand of the appellant is well founded. Certainly, some person or authority will have to examine the correctness and bona fides of those who claim to be uprooted persons. It is appropriate that such examination is done by a Screening Committee. Such a screening would ensure elimination of bogus claims. It is a wholesome principle which requires to be adopted in this case. Thereafter we modify the order under appeal and direct that the cases of the respondents will be considered by the Screening Committee. The Port Trust had screened twenty-one persons in the case of Jayanta Kumar Prodhan & Ors. before employing them. Only after the screening process, the appellant will be required to implement the directions of the learned Single Judge as conferred by the Division Bench. The process of screening shall be completed within a period of four months from the date of this order. Accordingly, the civil appeals stand allowed in pa
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