RANCHI, India, April 25 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on March 25:
1. This appeal is preferred against the judgment dt. 28.11.2023 passed in W.P.(C) No. 3870 of 2022 of the learned Single Judge.
2. The respondents' land had been acquired under the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 for the benefit of the appellants in the year 1983. The 1st respondent who was not even born at the time of acquisition, and who was aged 27 years in the year 2022 gave a letter on 29.01.2022 seeking employment under the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme. The said application was rejected on the ground that the land acquired had not been utilized by the appellants. This was challenged by the respondents in the ...