IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 5051 of 2010 ==========================================================

RANGE FOREST OFFICER Versus CHATURIBEN CHATTRABHAI PARMAR (W/O CHATTRABHAI SARDARBHAI & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS VISHWA SHAH for MS NANAVATI ASSOCIATES(1375) for the Appellant ADVOCATE NOTICE SERVED for the Respondent No. 2 MR PARESH J BRAHMBHATT(9788) for the Respondent No. 1,3 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI Date : 02/04/2026

JUDGMENT

1. By way of present First Appeal, the appellant calls in question legality and validity of the impugned judgment and order dated 24.6.2010 passed by the learned Commissioner, Workman Compensation Act, Labour Court, Godhra in Workman Compensation Application No.71 of 2002.

2. Brief facts of the case are as under:-

2.1 That deceased Chhatrabhai Sardarbhai Parmar was working as daily wager with the appellant in Panam Irrigation Plantation Project of Gujarat State Forests Development Corporation (GSFDC) since 1.9.1986 at Ghabitra and Limborda Plantations.

2.2 The working hours of the deceased Chhatrabhai Sardar