Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK

Date: 04-Dec-2025 18:50:39

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

FAO No. 572 of 2020

(An appeal under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act,

1987)

Bala Pujari …. Appellant (s)

-versus-

Union of India …. Respondent (s)

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Appellant (s) : Mr. Akansh Acharya, Adv.

On behalf of

Mr. Dhananjaya Mund, Adv.

For Respondent (s) : Mr. Millan Kumar, CGC

CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI

DATE OF HEARING:-23.10.2025

DATE OF JUDGMENT:-29.11.2025

Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. In filing this FAO, the Appellant claiming himself to be the legal heir

of the deceased who is claimed to have been died of a train accident, has challenged the impugned judgment/ order dated 25.11.2019 passed by the learned Railway Claims Tribunal, Bhubaneswar Bench,

Bhubaneswar in O.A No.38 of 2016.

Apart from the above challenge, the Appellant has also sought for a

direction from this Court to the Respondent for granting necessary

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK

Date: 04-Dec-2025 18:50:39 compensation in his favour due to untimely death of his son in the alleged train accident.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE

2. The brief facts of the case are