WPA/22873/2026 of SMT. JULEKHA KHATUN Vs COAL INDIA LIMITED AND ORS. on 10 September 2026

1. Let affidavit-of-service, as filed in Court, be kept on record.

2. The petitioner is aggrieved that the respondent no. 7 had misrepresented himself as the son of the petitioner and her husband, late Ibrahim Mia, who till 1991 was an employee of the Eastern Coalfields Limited (hereinafter referred to as “ECL”).

3. The consequence of the impersonation /misrepresentation is that the respondent no. 7 was inducted into service by ECL in 1991 and has worked for years before demitting office on superannuation in 2025.

4. In the meanwhile, the employee, Ibrahim Mia, expired sometime in 1999.

5. The petitioner’s case is that only after the retirement of the respondent no. 7 from the services of ECL, she came to learn from a “co-villager”, that the respondent no. 7 had been working in ECL.

6. There is absolutely no evidence to show that the petitioner had taken any steps against ECL. A mere allegation of connivance and collusion, without any criminal action being taken against the authorities is not germane at the present moment.

7. Even if there is indeed a misrepresentation or an impersonation, which this Court cannot decide while exercising writ jurisdiction, the criminal action initiated against the respondent no. 7 is still pending, there is nothing on record to show that any steps have been taken to assail the documents relied upon by the respondent no. 7 to establish his identity as the son of late Ibrahim Mia and the petitioner herein. The remedy of the petitioner, if at all, is against the respondent no. 7 and indeed no steps have been taken against ECL to establish fraud, mala fides or collusion as pleaded.

8. In view of the aforestated, the writ petition fails and is accordingly dismissed.

9. There will be no order as to costs.

10. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties, upon usual undertakings. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)