NOTICE TO RAILWAY FOR COMPENSATION FOR NONDELIVERY OR SHORT DELIVERY (SECTION 78-B)[CD1]
Notice
on behalf of
……………………………………………….. address………………………………
under Section 78-B, Indian Railways Act, for
compensation for loss etc__________. .to the General
Manager, __________.
Railway, _______
Sir,
I
despatched a consignment consisting of __________. From _______ station to
________station both on ________Railway
or the former being on __________Railway and the latter being on
________Railway,
in my name as a consignor and consignee on __________. by means of R. R.
No__________.
.dated ________
The
said consignment should in the ordinary course have reached the destination
within __________. days but the consignment remained undelivered/or it was
short delivered by __________. even after a lapse of__________ days and
according to the endorsement made on the R. R. by the railway authorities at
the destination the consignment is not traceable.
That
the loss of the consignment or short delivery (as the case may be) is totally
due to the misconduct or neglect of the railway administration and I hereby
make a claim for compensation for the loss due to non-delivery or short
delivery the details of which are being given below. I claim a sum of Rs
__________. as the price and Rs __________. for damages.
NOTE: The Act
does not prescribe any particular form of notice under Section 78-B of the Indian
Railways Act. That section only requires a
demand for compensation to be made. It does not require the money value of the compensation to be given. The
giving of such a notice is
obligatory and
such a notice must be given within a period of six months of the date when the
goods ought to have been delivered. Besides a notice under Section 78-B, Indian
Railways Act, a notice under Section 80,
CPC is also necessary to be given
Sd. AA.
[CD1]NOTICE TO RAILWAY FOR COMPENSATION FOR NONDELIVERY OR SHORT
DELIVERY(SECTION 78-B)
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