Authority: High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur
Order Date: 07 September 2026
Case Overview
- Petitioner: Hirdey Ram, aged about 46, residing at Quarter No. M/1294, Vivekanand Colony, P.O. Charcha, District Koriya, Chhattisgarh; also listed address Village Vijaynagar, Post Junadih, Police Station Dipka, District Korba, Chhattisgarh.
- Respondents: South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) and its officials – Chairman and Managing Director, General Manager (Baikunthpur Area), Area Manager (Charcha Mines), General Manager Mines/Deputy Area Manager (Charcha Mines), Chief Manager (Mines) – all located in various districts of Chhattisgarh.
- The petitioner challenged an order of removal from service dated 16 September 2021 issued by SECL's disciplinary authority.
- The petitioner filed WPS No. 1639 of 2023 seeking relief from the High Court.
- Respondents contended that the writ petition was not maintainable because a statutory departmental appeal route existed.
Final Outcome
- The Court, after hearing counsel, allowed the petitioner to withdraw the writ petition and directed him to prefer a departmental appeal before the appropriate appellate authority.
- The writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn.
- The Court instructed that any appeal filed should be considered expeditiously and in strict accordance with law.
Topics: Legal Dispute, Public Sector Employment