Smt. Milan Sutradhar v. The State of Tripura and 2 Ors

Judgment & Order (Oral)

All these writ petitions are tagged and taken up together for disposal since common question of law and facts are involved. [2]

All these petitions are filed under Article 226 of the constitution of India for directing the respondents to provide compassionate benefit under the Scheme for compassionate appointment/benefit, which was issued for govt. employees of Tripura, vide Notification dated 02.03.2019 issued by the GA(P&T) Department, Government of Tripura, to the petitioners due to death of their husbands who died in harness while in service in Home Guards Organisation, Tripura. [3]

It is submitted by the petitioners herein that vide Notification dated

02.03.2019, the Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of Tripura GA(P&T) Department, has made it known that in supersession of all earlier instructions issued in connection with Die-in-Harness scheme, it is decided to revise the Die-n-harness scheme along with general guidelines for the purpose of extending die-in-harness benefits either by a compassionate appointment in Government services in Group-C or Group-D category of post only or admissible financial assistance as the case may be to the eligible survivors or dependents of the Government employee who dies in harness or missing or permanent invalidation while in Government duty. [4]

Based on the notification dated 02.03.2019, all the petitioners had made their respective representations addressed to the respondents for consideration for their case but nothing fruitful has happened till now. [5]

Being aggrieved by such conduct of the respondents, the petitioner has approached this court for directing the respondents to provide compassionate benefit under the Scheme for compassionate appointment/benefit, which was issued for govt. employees of Tripura, vide Notification dated 02.03.2019 issued by the GA(P&T) Department, Government of Tripura, to the petitioners due to

death of their husbands who died in harness while in service in Home Guards Organisation, Tripura. [6]

Heard counsel for the respective parties. [7]

In view of said submission, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case this present writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners as per prevailing scheme within a period of three months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. [8]

With the above observation and direction, all these writ petitions stand disposed of. As a sequel, stay if any stands vacated. Pending application(s), if any also stands closed.

JUDGE

Dipak

HIGH COURT OF TRIPURA AGARTALA WP(C) 823 of 2022 Smt. Milan Sutradhar ---Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Tripura & 2 Ors. ---Respondent(s) WP(C)1008 of 2022 Smt. Laxmi Rani Deb Datta ---Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Tripura & Anr. ---Respondent(s) WP(C) 1009 of 2022 Smt. Parbati Saha ---Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Tripura & Anr. ---Respondent(s) WP(C) 1010 of 2022 Smt. Minati Ghosh ---Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Tripura & 3 Ors. ---Respondent(s) WP(C) 1011 of 2022 Smt. Taru Biswas Roy ---Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Tripura & Anr. ---Respondent(s) WP(C) 1012 of 2022 Smt. Bajanti Debbarma ---Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Tripura & 2 Ors. ---Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. P. Roy Barman, Sr. Adv. Ms. N. Ghosh, Adv. For Respondent(s) : Mr. D. Bhattacharjee, GA. Date of hearing and date of judgment and order : 04.05.2023. Whether fit for reporting : No HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T. AMARNATH GOUD