Bhagaban Behera And Another vs Union Of India
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Orissa High Court

Bhagaban Behera And Another vs Union Of India on 18 February, 2025

                   IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

                                       FAO No.61 of 2025
                 Bhagaban Behera and another ....                     Appellant(s)
                                                      Mr. P. K. Mishra, Advocate
                                           -versus-

             Union of India                       ....              Respondent(s)
                                                          Mr. J. P. Behera, CGC

                     CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA

                                         ORDER

Order No.                               18.02.2025
 01.        1.        Heard Mr. Mishra, learned counsel for the claimant-

appellants and Mr. Behera, learned CGC for the Union of India.

2. Present appeal by the Claimants is directed against impugned judgment/award dated 14.11.2024 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Bhubaneswar Bench in Misc. Case No.165 of 2024 arising out of case No. O.A. 92 of 2023.

3. It is submitted on behalf of the appellants that challenge in the present appeal against the direction of keeping 90% of the compensation amount in fixed deposit is covered by a similar judgment of this court.

4. It is admitted by both parties that the challenge in the present appeal is squarely covered by the decision of this Court rendered in FAO No.262 of 2020 and batch, disposed of on 9th September, 2021.

5. Accordingly, the appeal is disposed of in terms of the principles decided in said decision of this Court with a direction to

disburse the entire compensation amount including interest in favour of all the appellants, by keeping 50% of the shares fall due to Appellant No. 1 & 2 in fixed deposit in their names in any Nationalized bank for a period of five years.

6. Urgent certified copy of this order be granted on proper application.

(S.S. Mishra) Judge

Ashok

Signed by: ASHOK KUMAR JAGADEB

Location: High Court of Orissa Date: 18-Feb-2025 18:48:25