Supreme Court of India

Butu Prasad Kumbhar and Ors. v. Steel Authority of India Ltd. and Ors.

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Reported as [1995] 3 S.C.R. 76
Bench R.M. Sahai J.
Decided 30 March 1995

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that given employment to 20% may take longer time and since the age bar has been put at 35 it would be appropriate if the SAIL expedited the absorption of these persons by B increasing their number from 20% to 40% each year.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 21. Right to livelihood-Land acquisition for Rourke/a Steel Planl-l'ay- ment of compensation for land acquired-Displaced person-Rehabilitation and resettlement of-Employment to one member of displaced family-Huge expenditure incu"ed for rehabilitation-Writ petition after 35 years of land acquisition-Claim for employment not only to each and every member of displaced family but also to their descendants-Held not maintainable. For the purpose of setting up the Rourkela Steel Plant nearly 2«K!OO acres or land were acquired in 1954 and the compensation for the

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