NANDI TUTI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND THRO THE SECRETARY, HOME, JAIL AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
Court: High Court of Jharkhand
Bench: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN
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Case summary
High Court of Jharkhand judgment dated 2024-12-03. NANDI TUTI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND THRO THE SECRETARY, HOME, JAIL AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT....
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W. P. (C) No. 3125 of 2024 --------- Nandi Tuti, aged about 24 years, W/o Late Jagay Munda, R/o Village-Maranghatu, P. O. & P. S. -Saprum, District-Khunti (Jharkhand). .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand through the Secretary, Home, Jail & Disaster Management Department, Government of Jharkhand at Project Bhawan, Dhurwa P. O. & P. S. -Dhurwa, District- Ranchi. 2. The Deputy Commissioner, Khunti, P. O. , P. S. & District- Khunti, (Jharkhand). .... Respondents --------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN --------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Nikhil Ranjan, Adv. For the Resp. -State : Mr. Rakesh Kr. Roy, A. C. to G. A. -III --------- 04/Dated:-03. 12. 2024 Defects as pointed out by the registry are hereby ignored. 2.
The instant writ application has been preferred by the petitioner praying for a direction upon the respondent authorities to grant compensation to the petitioner for the death of her husband caused due to lightning/thunderstorm in terms of resolution dated 10. 09. 2015 passed by the Home, Jail and Disaster Management Department, Government of Jharkhand. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that vide Annexure-5, the petitioner has represented before the Deputy Commissioner, Khunti seeking compensation after the death of her husband due to lightning; however, the said representation has not yet been disposed of. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that since no counter affidavit has been filed; as such, the petitioner may be directed to file a fresh representation before the respondent No. 2. 5. Having regard to the limited submission made by learned counsels for the parties, the instant writ application is hereby disposed of by directing the respondent No.
2 to treat this writ application as representation and pass an appropriate order after going through the relevant records of the case and applicable rules and regulations, and the entire exercise shall be completed within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 6. With the aforesaid direction, the instant writ application stands disposed of. (Deepak Roshan, J. ) vikas/-
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