1 2026:CGHC:23416 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 2650 of 2026 Ajeet Kumar Mishra S/o Ramakant Mishra Aged About 51 Years (Jt. Secretary General ) (C M O A I ) S E C L Branch Senior Manager (Mining) Safety And Rescue Department S E C L H Q. Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - Coal Mines Officers Association Of India (Cmoai) Through Its Apex Body/ Secretary General Office Shradhanjali Apartment Ground Floor, G T Road Asansol District- Burdwan (West Bengal) 2 - Chief Election Officer Shri A.P. Singh General Manager (E And M) So ( E And M) S E C L Hasdeo Area P.O. South Jhagrakhand Colliery District- Korea (C.G.) 3 - South Eastern Coalfields Limited (Secl) Through Its Chairman Cum Managing Director Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ritesh Verma, Advocate appeared through video conferencing. For Respondent(s) : Mr. R.S. Baghel holding the brief of Mr. Pankaj Agrawal. AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN Digitally signed by AKHILESH KUMAR DEWANGAN 2 Hon'ble Shri Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas Order on Board 21/05 /2026 1. The dispute pertains to the election of office bearers of the unions i.e. Coal Mines Officers Association Of India (CMOAI). 2. Since the petitioner has alternate remedy to raise the dispute under Section 28 J of the Trade Unions Act, 1926 (MP/CG Amendment), the present writ petition is disposed of with liberty to take recourse available to him under the said Act. Sd/- (Narendra Kumar Vyas) Judge Akhil