2025:JHHC:27469-DB 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI L.P.A. No.60 of 2020 ----- Small Scale Bee-Hive Hard Coke Procedures’ Association, a society registered under the provisions of the Societies Registration Act, 1860, having its office at Chirkunda, P.O. Chirkunda, P.S. Chirkunda, District-Dhanbad, through its Secretary Amit Kumar Agarwal, son of Santosh Kumar Agarwal, resident of Near Railway Crossing, G.T. Road, Chirkunda, Dhanbad. .......... Petitioner. -Versus- 1. Union of India, service through Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. 2. M/s Coal India Limited, Coal Bhawan, 10, Netaji Subhash Road, Calcutta through its Chairman-cum-Managing Director. 3. M/s Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Koyla Bhawan, Koyla Nagar, P.S. Saraidhela, Dhanbad through Chairman-cum-Managing Director. 4. Chief General Manager (Marketing), Coal India Limited, Apeejay House, 15 Park Street, Kolkata. 5. Chief General Manager (Sales & Marketing), Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Koyla Bhawan, Saridhela, Dhanbad. 6. General Manager (Sales & Marketing), Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Koyla Bhawan, Saridhela, Dhanbad. 7. Chief Sales Manager (Linkage), Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Koyla Bhawan, Saridhela, Dhanbad. 8. Deputy Chief Sales Manager (Linkage), Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Koyla Bhawan, Sariadhela, Dhanbad. .......... Respondents. ----- CORAM : HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Deepak Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the UOI : Mr. Anil Kumar, ASGI Mrs. Nitu Sinha, CGC For the BCCL : Mr. Pooja Mukherjee, Advocate ----- Order No.08 Date: 10.09.2025 1. The parties are under agreement that the issue raised in this appeal is squarely covered by the judgment rendered by a co- ordinate Division Bench of this Court in L.P.A. No.587 of 2019 (Industries Commerce & Association vs. Union of India & Ors.), whereby the L.P.A. filed by the similarly situated appellant has been ordered to be dismissed. 2025:JHHC:27469-DB 2 2. For the reasons set out in the said appeal, which shall be read mutatis mutandis to the instant appeal. 3. Accordingly, this appeal is ordered to be dismissed without there being parties to pay the cost. (Tarlok Singh Chauhan, C.J.) (Rajesh Shankar, J.) Sanjay/Rohit