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RAVI RANJAN, SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD
Central Coalfields Limited – Appellant
Versus
Chandradeo Singh, son of Ritlal Singh – Respondent
JUDGMENT
SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD, J.
I.A. No.260 of 2022
This interlocutory application has been preferred under Section 5 of the Limitation Act for condoning the delay of 58 days in preferring this Letters Patent Appeal.
2. Heard.
3. No counter affidavit has been filed opposing the prayer for condoning the delay.
4. Having regard to the averments made in this application, we are of the view that the appellants were prevented by sufficient cause from preferring the appeal within the period of limitation.
5. Accordingly, I.A.No.260 of 2022 is allowed and delay of 58 days in preferring the appeal is condoned.
L.P.A. No.372 of 2021
6. The instant intra-court appeal preferred under Clause-10 of Letters Patent is directed against the order/judgment dated 02.09.2021 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P.(S) No.6879 of 2017, whereby and whereunder, the order as contained in letter dated 28.11.2015 passed by the respondent-CCL, rejecting the claim of the writ petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground, has been quashed and set aside with a direction to consider the case of the writ petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground and if there is no other legal impediment, i
The court established that in cases of compassionate appointments, the assessment of the applicant's age should consider the lower range and that the appellants cannot adopt a pick and choose policy ....
The accurate assessment of the petitioner's age and the inapplicability of the circular dated 07.07.1992 were central to the court's decision.
The court ruled that age assessment for compassionate appointments must prioritize minimum legal thresholds over midpoint calculations, endorsing a liberal interpretation of beneficial statutes.
The court emphasized that age for compassionate appointment must be determined by official documents, not medical assessments, to uphold the intent of beneficial legislation.
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