1 / 2 2026:CGHC:17141 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2941 of 2026 Ashwani S/o Santosh Aged About 30 Years R/o House No. 41 Ward No. 2 Abaadi Para 01 Tehsil Patan Nipani District- Durg (Chhattisgarh) ... Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - Union Of India Through Secretary, Ministry Of Steel, Udyog Bhawan, Dr. Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi- 110011 2 - Chairman And Managing Director (CMD) NMDC Limited (A Govt. Of India Enterprise), Khanij Bhavan, 10-3-311/A Castle Hills, Masab Tank Hyderabad- 500 028 3 - Additional General Manager (HR), NMDC Limited, Khanij Bhavan, 10-3- 311/ A Castle Hills, Masab Tank Hyderabad -500 028 ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner : Mr. Veer Verma, Advocate For Respondent No.1 : Mr. Trevenee Shankar Sahu, Advocate For Respondent No. 2 and 3 : Mr. Jitendra Pali, Advocate HON'BLE SHRI PARTH PRATEEM SAHU, JUDGE ORDER ON BOARD 15.04.2026 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had submitted an application for HEM (Mechanic) Grade III along with all supporting documents; however, the candidature of the petitioner was rejected, and the letter of intimation was received only on 11.12.2025. He submits that, in the facts of the case, petitioner may be permitted to 2 / 2 submit a fresh, comprehensive representation before Respondent No. 3, and the concerned authority may be directed to consider and take a decision on the representation at the earliest, within a specified time frame. 2. Counsel for the respondent No.1 submits that the grievance of the petitioner is against Respondent Nos. 2 and 3, for whom he is not appearing, there is no representation on behalf of respondent No. 2 and 3 as the petitioner is only making a prayer to submit a representation before respondent No. 3. 3. On due consideration of submission of counsel for the petitioner, the nature of grievance raised in the writ petition, the writ petition at this stage is disposed of permitting petitioner to submit fresh comprehensive representation along with all supporting documents before respondent No. 3 and in the event such a representation is submitted, the concerned authority shall consider and take decision on the representation, in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a further period of three months from the date of receipt of representation. 4. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with aforesaid observations and directions. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Saurabh JUDGE