1. Heard submissions made on behalf of the petitioner and the Eastern
Coalfields Limited.
2. The petitioner’s mother was serving in the Eastern Coalfields Limited.
She died in harness in the year 1995 when the petitioner was a minor.
The petitioner seeks monetary compensation.
3. The authority rejected her prayer for grant of monetary compensation on
the ground that monetary compensation is given to the female spouse of
deceased employee in lieu of her employmenton request of the female
spouse concerned.
4. Learned advocate for the petitioner has placed the relevant provision of
NCWA relating to payment of monetary compensation to female
dependants. The expression ‘dependant’ includes unmarried daughter
residing with the deceased and almost wholly dependent on the earnings
of the deceased.