Supreme Court of India
Bihar State Ardh Sarkari Arajpati Karamchari Maha Sangh v. State of Bihar
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid circumstances, we deem it appropriate, at this stage, to put a quietus to the matter insofar as the claims of the untraceable employees/workmen are concerned.
Judgment, page 25
In brief
Following the bifurcation of the erstwhile State of Bihar under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, the employees and workmen of five State-owned inter-State corporations (BSCCL, BSIDC, BSEDC, BSFDC and BPRFC), which had become defunct, remained unpaid their salaries, wages, retiral dues and provident fund contributions for several decades. Pursuant to earlier orders and the Final Report of a Committee headed by Justice Dinesh Maheshwari (Retd.), the inter-se liability of Bihar and Jharkhand was apportioned and, as per compliance affidavits of August 2026, principal dues had been disbursed to 2,074 of the 2,274 verified employees/workmen, with roughly 200 cases pending because claimants were untraceable or documentation was incomplete.…
Authorities it was built on
- 2013 M/s. Arcot Textile Mills Ltd. v. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner and Ors.
- 2001 Central Bank of India v. Ravindra and Ors.
- 2003 Kapila Hingorani v. State of Bihar
- Secy., Irrigation Deptt., Govt. of Orissa v. G.C. Roy
- Riches v. Westminster Bank Ltd
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