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2026:CGHC:23284

NAFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

WPS No. 4264 of 2026

1 - Shashi Bhushan Prasad Chandra S/o Chhedilal Chandra Aged

About 35 Years Category- Obc, R/o H. No. 267, Chandra Mohalla,

Lakhali, P.O.- Lakhali, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.)

2 - Nimay Chandra Mallick S/o Ramdev Mallick Aged About 33 Years

Category- Obc, R/o Village- Nipania, P.O.- Pargha, P.S.- Baliapur,

Nipania, District- Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

3 - Gautam Mahato S/o Prafull Mahato Aged About 34 Years

Digitally

signed by

SHOAIB Category- Obc, R/o- Village- Dabar Bahal, Near Hari Mandir, P.O.-

SHOAIBANWAR

ANWARDate:

2026.05.15

19:21:50

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Dudhizagar, P.S.- Chas Mu, Kushma, District- Bokaro, (Jharkhand)

4 - Gaurav Kumar Paswan S/o Raj Kumar Paswan Aged About 36

Years Category- S.C., R/o Village- Laheri Tola, Near Chota Masjid,

P.S.- Rajrappa Project, Chitarpur, District Ramgarh, (Jharkhand)

5 - Ashok Kumar Das S/o Chandra Mohan Das Aged About 37 Years

Category- S.C., R/o- H. No. 26, Ghat Manjwara, Lukluki Ghat, District

Godda (Jharkhand)

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6 - Anand Kumar Mahato S/o Ruplal Mahato Aged About 34 Years

Category- Obc, R/o- Bachra Basti, Bachra, Piparwar, District- Chatra

(Jharkhand)

7 - Manoj Kumar Diwiwedi S/o Ramakant Diwiwedi Aged About 31

Years Category- General, R/o- Village- Solhanda, P.S. Makhdumpur,

Bandeya, District- Dhanabad (Bihar)

8 - Yogesh Kumar Kashyap S/o Kunjram Kashyap Aged About 33

Years Category- Obc, R/o- H. No. 92, Kaitha, District- Janjgir-Champa

(C.G.)

9 - Mithun Das S/o Bhuneshwar Ravi Das Aged About 35 Years

Category- General, R/o- Duhatand, Dhanbad, District- Dhanbad,

(Jharkhand)

10 - Sunil Tandon S/o Devnarain Tandon Aged About 36 Years

Category- S.C., R/o H. No. 191, Gudi, Chauk, Rasaunta, District

Janjgir-Champa (C.G.)

11 - Manwendra Kumar Pandey S/o V.S. Pandey Aged About 30

Years Category- General, R/o- Near Post OfÏce, Kenduadih Colliery,

Dhanbad, District- Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

12 - Mantu Bauri S/o Logen Bauri Aged About 36 Years Category-

S.C., R/o- Dumariakuri, District- Puruliya (W.B.)

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13 - Sitaram Kumar S/o Bahadur Mondal Aged About 33 Years

Category- Obc, R/o- Village- Bangaro, P.O.- Mandro, P.S.- Deori,

District- Giridih, (Jharkhand)

14 - Abhimanu Kumar S/o Tej Narayan Singh Aged About 31 Years

Category- General, R/o S.I.T. Colony, Near Cisf Camp, P.S.- Dugda,

District Bokaro, (Jharkhand)

15 - Yugal Kishore Singh S/o Parmeshwar Singh Bais Aged About 34

Years Category- General, R/o- Hathnewra, District- Janjgir-Champa

(C.G.)

16 - Ritesh Chaturvedi S/o Umashankar Chaturvedi Aged About 32

Years Category- General, R/o Beside Bela Apartment, Bajrang

Chowk, Raj Kushore Nagar, Lingiyadih, District- Bilaspur (C.G.)

... Petitioner(s)

versus

1 - Union Of India Through The Secretary, Ministry Of Coal, Shastri

Bhawan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi

2 - Secretary Ministry Of Labour And Employment At Shram Shakti

Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi

3 - Director General Of Mines Safety Through Its Director General,

Heerapur, P.S. Heerpur, District Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

4 - Chairman Board Of Mining Examination, Govt. Of India , O

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Of Directorate General Of Mines Safety, Heerapur, District Dhanbad

(Jharkhand)

5 - Coal India Limited Through The Chairman-Cum-Managing

Director, Coal Bhawan, Premises No. 04 Mar, Plot No. Af- Iii, Action

Area- 1a, New Town, Rajarhat, Kolkata (W.B.) 700156

6 - South Eastern Limited Coalfields Through Chairman-Cum-

Managing Director, Seepat Road, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.)

7 - General Manager (P/mp) Department Of Recruitment Cell, South

Eastern Coalfields Limited, Seepat Road, Bilaspur, District- Bilaspur

(C.G.)

... Respondent(s)

(Cause title taken from CIS)

For Petitioner(s) : Shri Achyut Tiwari, Advocate

For Respondent No. 1: Shri Ramakant Mishra, DSGI along with

to 4 Ms. Shweta Rai, Advocate

For Respondent Nos. 5: Shri Jitendra Nath Nande, Advocate

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Hon’ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge

Order on Board

15/05/2026

Heard.

1. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

the present matter is identical to the facts and g