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OA 104 of 2024 Page I TRIBUNAT Cose No. OA (ilU)/l o4l2!24 corom: sri ^prosonto Kumor Sohu, Member (Technicor), RCT/Ronchi ot RCT/BBS.

Dote of Unroword lncident: 15/05/2024 Dote of cloim Registrorio n, O5 /07 /2024 Dote of Judgmenr. I g /O3 /2025 Cloimed Amount: Rs. 8,00,000/_

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PADMIN, MAHANANDA, oged obour 25 yeors Appliconts W /o.Lote Kishon Mohonondo

2.

MAKARU MAHANANDA, oged obour 55 yeors S/o. Lote ^pichhoru Mohonondo

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SUSILA MAHANANDA, oged obour 50 yeors W /o Mokoru Mohonondo All ore permonent resident of Villoge: Dokoro, pO: Khoiromol, VIA/PS: Belporo, Distt: Bolongir, Odisho.

Versus Union of lndio represented through Respondent It'S GENERAL MANAGER, EAST COAST RAITWAY Chondrosekhorpur, Bhuboneswor, Odisho.

Appeqronce:

For the Appliconts : Sri K.L. pondo, Advocote.

For the Respondent : smt. p. pottnoik, Ld. Addl. stonding counsel.

JUDGEMENT

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A cloim opplicotion hos been filed by the Appliconts (wife & porents of the deceosed) under section l6 of the Roilwoy Cloims Tribunol Acr, lg17, cloiming compensotion of Rs. 8,00,000/- (Rupees Eight Lokhs) olong with interest IIIil , On rltut lOl or ZON Page 2 @12% ^{per onnum on the} oword compensotion omount from ^the dote of incident to till poyment of the compensotion omount from the Respondent Roilwoy Administrotion on occount of deoth of Kishon Mohonondo, ollegedly in on untoword incident involving foll from o running troin on ls/Os/2024.

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Brief focls of the cqse: As per cloim opplicotion Kishon Mohonondo (herein ofter referred to qs the deceosed) wos working os o lobour in o Bricks Industry situoted ot Elimonchili City of Andhro Prodesh Stqte. ln order ro come lo his notive villoge on I5/05 /2024 he purchosed o ioint 2nd closs super-fost iourney ^ticket (for four ^persons) from Elimonchili roilwoy stotion to trovel to Kontobonii roilwoy stolion, whereos his cousin brother Chhobi Mohonondo purchosed his individuol 2nd closs super-fost troin iourney ticket. There is no direct troin ovoiloble from Elimonchili to Kontobonii roilwoy stotion; so the deceosed olong with others first boorded Jonmqbhoomi superfost troin from Elimonchili roilwoy stotion to come to Visokhopotonom roilwoy stotion where they got down from the trqin ond they ovoiled Visokhopotonom-Korbo express troin to reoch their destinotion i.e. Kontobonii roilwoy stotion. lt is overred thot during iourney the deceosed occidentolly fell down from the running troin in between Korukondo-Vizi]onogorm roilwoy stqtion of Andhro Prodesh stote qnd succumbed to tlie iniuries on the spot. Just ofter the foll other possengers roised noise obout th! foll of o person from the running troin ond the co-possengers seorched the deceosed but could not troce him. After some time, the troin reoched Vizionf Oorom roilwoy stotion. One of the co-possenger nomely Chhobi Mohonondo go[ down from the troin ond intimoted the foct to the RpF ond GRp. The body of thf deceosed wos first noticed by the on dury rrock mon ond he immediotely ir'frformed the motter to on dury Stotion Superintendent, Vizionogorom r'loilwoy stotion. ln this connection, the Government Roitwoy police (GRP), vizionoporom, hos registered o crime cose No. 76/2024 dored 16/05/202a jnd conducled enquiry obout the morer. With regord ro the ticket, it is overrfed by the Appliconts thot on the dote of incident the deceosed wos trovelling ivith o volid iourney ticket beoring No. UpH-l05g966g doted

15/05/2024 to Ex-Ellomonchiri Konrobonii Roirwoy srotion, which wos On (ttUt tOl of ZOZ4 Page 3 recovered from the possession of the deceosed during preporotion of inquest mode by GRP/Vizionogorom.

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Respondenl's Reply: On receipt of the notice, the Respondent Roilwoy filed its written stotement olong with DRM's stotutory investigotion report morked os Ex-R/I. ln rhe wrifien reply, it is submirted rhot the deod body of rhe deceosed wos first noticed by on duty Gong Mon; the body wos lying down middle line trock ot KM No. 822/26 in between Korukondo-Vizionogorom sections. He informed the motter to on du