IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 2606 of 2010 ==========================================================

THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE Versus JAYKISHAN VISHRAMBHAI RAVAT C/O SAVITRIBEN JAYKISHAN RAVAT ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR HEMANT S SHAH(756) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 RULE SERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI Date : 12/03/2026

JUDGMENT

1. This Appeal is filed under Section 82 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (for short the “ESI Act”), challenging the judgment and order dated 22.07.2009 passed by the learned Employees’ State Insurance Court, Ahmedabad, in E.S.I. Second Appeal No.12 of 2009 in Appeal (MAT) No.75 of 2007, whereby the Second Appeal came to be dismissed and the disablement of 20% assessed by the MAT was confirmed.

2. The brief facts of the case are that respondent- Jaykishan Vishrambhai Ravat was an employee of M/s.Victor Steel Industries and was registered with the ESI Corporation under registration No.37-4293873. During the course of his employment, on 29.04.2006, he sust