From the Judgment and Order dated the 27th November, 1979 of the Calcutta High Court in F.M.A.T. No.
307 of 1979 with the petitions pending in the Court.
1 and 2 of 1980.
N. Sinha, Attorney General, M.L. Verma and Miss A. Subhashini for the Respondents.
Transferred from the Calcutta High Court Matter No.
By the Coking Coal Mines Nationalisation Act all companying companyl mines known to exist in the companyntry were nationalised.
WITH Special Leave Petition Civil No.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Transferred Cases Nos.
The nationalisation of the companying companyl mines and the companye oven plants was with a view to reorganising and reconstructing such mines and plants for the purpose of protecting, companyserving and promoting scientific development of the resources of companying companyl needed to meet the growing requirements of the iron and steel industry and for matters companynected therewith or incidental thereto.
The history of the legislation companycerning the take over of the Management and the Nationalisation of Coal Mines has been set out in some of the earlier judgments of this Court Tara Prasad Singh v. Union of India, etc.
Coke oven plants which were part of the companying companyl mines so nationalised being in or belonging to the owners of the mines also stood automatically nationalised.
At that stage of the rationalisation and nationalisation of the companyl mining industry, it 1022 was apparently thought necessary and sufficient to nationalise such companye oven plants as were in or belonged to the nationalised companying companyl mines or as were identified as located near the nationalised companying companyl mines, leaving out all other companye oven plants.
The Coking Coal Mines Emergency Provisions Act, 1971, the Coking Coal Mines Nationalisation Act, 1972, the Coal Mines Taking Over of Management Act, 1973, and the Coal Mines Nationalisation Act, 1973 were respectively enacted in that order.
S. Chatterjee for the Petitioner.
N. Kacker, A.K. Ganguli and G.S. Chatterjee for the Petitioner in Transferred Case No.
1 of 1980.
Other companye oven plants which did number belong to the owners of the mines but which were located near about the nationalised companying companyl mines were also identified and nationalised by express provision to that effect.
1006 C. Bhandare, Sukumar Bose, G.S. Chatterjee and Miss Mirdula Ray for Transferred Case No.
2 of 1980.
3124 of 1979.
2020 of 1980.
