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MANISH CHOUDHURY
Rofiqul Islam @ Rafikul Islam, S/o-Chukumuddin – Appellant
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Union of India Ministry of Home Affairs [Disaster Management Division] Represented by its Secretary, ‘C’ Wing, 3rd Floor, NDCC, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Heard Mr. M. Hussain, learned counsel for the petitioner; Mr. K. Gogoi, learned Central Government Counsel & Additional Senior Government Advocate, Assam for the respondent nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 & 7; and Ms. P.R. Mahanta, learned Standing Counsel, Revenue [Relief and Rehabilitation] & Disaster Management Department [General] for the respondent no. 3.
2. The petitioner has instituted the instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking inter alia a direction to the respondent authorities to disburse financial assistance/ex-gratia/compensation in terms of the Notification bearing no. RGR.386/2010/51 dated 27.07.2011 of the Revenue & Disaster Management [General] Department, Government of Assam; the Notification bearing no. 32-7/2014-NDM-I dated 08.04.2015 of the Ministry of Home Affairs [Disaster Management Division], Government of India; and the letter bearing no. RGR. 611/2015/Pt./12 dated 02.05.2015 of the Revenue and Disaster Management [General] Department, Government of Assam.
3. The case of the petitioner, projected in this writ petition, can be narrated, in brief, as follows : The petitioner is a permanent inhabitant of Village – Nayeralga Par
Ex-gratia compensation under disaster response fund guidelines is strictly limited to deaths directly caused by specified natural calamities. An accidental death, such as drowning in a pond, does not....
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