1 / 3 2026:CGHC:24551 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 4149 of 2026 1. Smt. Laxmina Yadav Daughter Of Late Dayaram Yadav, Wife Of Yogesh Rao, Aged About 44 Years Resident Of Secl Colony, Deepka, Police Station - Deepka, Tahsil- Katghora, District- Korba (C.G.) 2. Smt. Sunita Yadav Daughter Of Late Dayaram Yadav, Wife Of Vijay Burman Aged About 42 Years Resident Of S.E.C.L. Subhash Block, Korba, Tahsil And District - Korba (C.G.) 3. Smt. Mona Yadav D/o Late Dhayaram Yadav Aged About 40 Years Resident Of S.E.C.L. Subhash Block, Korba, Tahsil And District - Korba (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1. South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Through The Chief Managing Director, Secl Headquarter, Seepat Road, Bilaspur, District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 2. The Regional Commissioner, Coal Mines Provident Fund Organization, Secl Seepat Road, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 3. The General Manager (Mining) Secl Kusmunda Project, District Korba (C.G.) 4. The Senior Manager Personnel Secl Kusmunda Project, District Korba (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner : Mr. S.R.J. Jaiswal, Advocate For Respondent No. 1/ : Mr. Sharad Mishra, Advocate JYOTI SHARMA Digitally signed by JYOTI SHARMA Date: 2026.06.18 17:39:55 +0530 2 / 3 SECL For Respondent No. 2 : Mr. R.K. Gupta, Advocate (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU) Order on Board 18/06/2026 1. By way of the present writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents for release of the amount lying in the Coal Mines Provident Fund (CMPF) account of her deceased mother, late Janki Bai. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that although a succession certificate was produced before the concerned authority of SECL, the said claim was returned vide communication dated 24.02.2026 (Annexure P-1) on the ground that the CMPF account number was not mentioned in the succession certificate or in the application, and further that the Office of the Regional Commissioner, Coal Mines Provident Fund Organization, had not been impleaded as a party. 3. Learned counsel appearing for respondent No. 2 submits that upon furnishing the CMPF account number of the deceased employee by either SECL or the petitioner, the amount found payable to the petitioner shall be released in accordance with law. 4. Learned counsel for respondent No. 1/SECL submits that the details of the CMPF account number of the deceased employee, along with the claim papers, shall be forwarded to respondent No. 3 / 3 2 within a period of ten (10) days. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 6. In view of the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No. 1/SECL to furnish the CMPF account number of the deceased employee along with the claim documents to respondent No. 2 within a period of ten (10) days from today. 7. Upon receipt of the aforesaid details and claim documents, respondent No. 2 shall process the claim and release the amount found payable to the petitioner, in accordance with law, within a period of three (3) weeks thereafter. 8. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (BIBHU DATTA GURU) JUDGE Jyoti