State of West Bengal vs West Bengal Regn. Copy Writers Assn.

Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation

2009 Supreme(SC) 1023

TARUN CHATTERJEE, V.S.SIRPURKAR
State of West Bengal – Appellant
Versus
West Bengal Regn. Copy Writers Assn. – Respondent

Advocates:
Cases Referred:
1. State of Assam & Ors. Vs. Shri Kanakchandra Dutta AIR 1967 SC 884
2. State of U.P. Vs. Chandra Prakash Pandey AIR 2001 SC 1298
3. Union Public Service Commission Vs. Girish Jayanti Lal Vaghela & Ors. 2006 (2) SCC 482
4. State of Gujarat & Anr. Vs. Raman Lal Keshav Lal Soni & Ors. 1983 (2) SCC 33
5. Gurugobinda Basu Vs. Sankari Prasad Ghosal AIR 1964 SC 254
6. State of U.P. Vs. Audh Narain Singh AIR 1965 SC 360
7. D.R. Gurushantappa Vs. Abdul Khuddus Anwar 1969(1) SCC 466
8. S.L. Agarwal Vs. G.M. Hindustan Steel Ltd. 1970 (1) SCC 177
9. Dharamgadhra Chemical Works Limit Vs. State of Saurastra AIR 1957 SC 264
10. The Superintendent of Post Offices Vs. P.K. Rajamma 1977 (3) SCC 94
11. G.B. Pant University of Agriculture Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh 2000 (7) SCC 109
12. Ram Singh Vs. Union Territory, Chandigarh 2004(1) SCC 126
13. Nilgiri Cooperative Marketing Society Vs. State of T.N. & Ors. 2004(3) SCC 514
14. Divisional Manager, Aravali Golf Club Vs. Chander Hass 2008 (1) SCC 683
15. Principal, Mehar Chand Polytechnic Vs. Anu Lamba 2006(7) SCC 161
16. State of Haryana Vs. Navneet Verma 2008 (2) SCC 65
17. Official Liquidator Vs. Dayananda & Ors. 2008(10) SCC 1
18. Cassidy Vs. Ministry of Health 1951 (1) All ER 574
19. Short Vs. J.W. Henderson Ltd. 1946 (174) LT 417
20. Morren Vs. Swinton and Pendlebury Borough Council 1965 (2) All ER 349
21. Argent Vs. Minister of Social Security 1968 (3) All ER 208

Judgment :-

V.S. Sirpurkar, J.

1. This judgment will dispose of SLP(Civil) No. 9921 of 2007, SLP(Civil) No. 10191 of 2007 and SLP(Civil) No. 12048 of 2007.

2. Leave granted in all the Special Leave Petitions.

3. In all these appeals, the common judgment passed by the Calcutta High Court, allowing W.P.S.T. No. 826 of 2001, W.P.S.T. No. 1312 of 2001 and W.P.S.T. No. 15 of 2002, is in challenge.

4. In those Writ Petitions filed before the High Court, a common judgment dated 22.6.2001 passed by the West Bengal State Administrative Tribunal (hereinafter called `the Tribunal for short) in T.A. No. 391 of 1998, T.A. No. 392 of 1998, O.A. No. 2377 of 1999 and O.A. No. 4636 of 1999, dismissing all the original applications, was in challenge. The High Court has set aside the order of the Tribunal and allowed the original applications. While doing so, the High Court has also granted certain reliefs. The State of West Bengal being aggrieved by the same, has come up before us.

5. Initially, before the High Court of Calcutta, a Writ Petition came to be filed being W.P. No. 1643 of 1996, by the Registered Association of the Copywriters. One other similar Writ Petition was also filed vide W.P. No.

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2009 Supreme(SC) 1023

TARUN CHATTERJEE, V.S.SIRPURKARState of West Bengal – AppellantVersusWest Bengal Regn. Copy Writers Assn. – Respondent

TARUN CHATTERJEE, V.S.SIRPURKAR
State of West Bengal – Appellant
Versus
West Bengal Regn. Copy Writers Assn. – Respondent