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CASE NO.:

Appeal (civil) 150-151 of 2001

PETITIONER:

M/s Bhagwati Prasad Pawan Kumar

RESPONDENT:

Union of India

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 25/05/2006

BENCH:

B.P. SINGH & R.V. RAVEENDRAN

JUDGMENT:

J U D G M E N T

B.P. SINGH, J.

These two appeals by special leave have been preferred by the

appellant against the judgment and order of the Gauhati High Court in

MA (F). No.180 of 1996 dated May 19, 2000 and the order passed in

Review Petition No.85 of 2000 dated July 28, 2000. The High Court

by its judgment and order impugned dismissed the appeal preferred by

the appellant against the order of the Railway Claims Tribunal,

Guwahati Bench dated August 30, 1996 in Application No.915 of

1993. The review petition preferred against the judgment and order of

the High Court was also rejected by order dated July 28, 2000.

The factual background in which the dispute arose is as

follows:-

Two consignments of iodised salt were booked in favour of the

appellant. The first consignment consisted of 767 bags and the second

744 bags. Th