1 CGHC010005822026 2026:CGHC:36269 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CONT No. 45 of 2026 Ku. Ranu D/o Late Mangal Prasad Aged About 24 Years R/o Ward No. 15, Near Electricity Office, Beside Javed Kirana Store, Amakherwa, Tahsil Manendragarh, District Korea Now District Manendragarh Chirmiri Bharatpur (C.G.) Petitioner(s) versus 1 - Manish Kumar Singh President/ Management South Eastern Coalfield Ltd. Head Office Seepat Road, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 2 - Ashok Kumar Singh Manager, South Eastern Coalfield Ltd. Chirmiri Tahsil Chirmiri, District Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh 3 - Harish Duhan Sub Regional Manager, South Eastern Coalfield Ltd. Chirmiri Tahsil Chirmiri, District Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh Respondent(s) (Cause-title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ramsevak Soni, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Sudhir Bajpai, Advocate (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU) Order on Board 14/08/2026 1. At the very outset, learned counsel appearing for the respondent, by placing on record the order dated 16.12.2025, would submit that pursuant to the order passed by this Court in WPS No. 954/2023 on RAHUL JHA Digitally signed by RAHUL JHA Date: 2026.08.14 16:51:20 +0530 2 03.09.2025, the case of the petitioner has been considered and his claim has been rejected vide Annexure-R/2. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the reason assigned in the order at Annexure-R/2 is similar to the ground on which WPS No. 954/2023 was filed and the claim of the petitioner has again been rejected on the very same ground. 3. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and having perused the order dated 16.12.2025, this Court is of the considered opinion that, in compliance with paragraph 10 of the order passed by this Court, against which the present contempt petition has been instituted, the respondent authorities have considered the case of the petitioner on its merits and thereafter rejected the same. Thus, the order passed by this Court has been duly complied with. 4. Accordingly, the contempt proceedings are disposed of. Rule is discharged. 5. The petitioner is at liberty to question the order dated 16.12.2025 before the appropriate forum, in accordance with law, if he is aggrieved by the same. Sd/- (BIBHU DATTA GURU) JUDGE Rahul