Gobinda Hazra vs State of W. B. - 2018 Supreme(Cal) 935

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2018 Supreme(Cal) 935

DEBANGSU BASAK
Gobinda Hazra – Appellant
Versus
State of W. B. – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Bibek Jyoti Basu, Mr. Uttam Kumar De, Mr. Uday Sankar Chattopadhyay, Mr. S.S. Chatterjee, Mr. Santanu Maji, Ms. Snigdha Saha, Ms. Payel Shome, Mr. Sankar Biswas, Mr. Gurusaday Dey, Mr. Bidhyak Lahiri, Mr. Sudeep Sanyal, Mr. Snehasis Jana, Ms. Tutun Das, Mr. Subhasish Banerjee, Mr. Partha Sarkar, Mr. Lal Ratan Mondal, Mr. Dilip Sadhu, Mr. Tilak Mitra, Ms. Dipanwita De, Mr. Bikash Shaw, Ms. Dipika Basu, Mr. Anjan Bhattacharya.
For the State : Mr. Joytosh Majumder, G.P., Mr. Pinaki Dhole, Mr. Avishek Prasad, Mr. Suvro Lahiri, Ms. Chaitali Bhattacharya, Ms. Joyee Maiti, Mr. Tarakeswar Hazra, Md. Zakir Hossain, Mr. Pantu Deb Roy, Mr. Subrata Guha Biswas, Mr. Bhaskar Prasad Vaisya, Mr. Suman Dey, Mr. Susanta Pal, Mr. Biswajit De, Ms. Rajlakshmi Ghatak, Md. Yasin Ali, Ms. Tapati Samanta, Ms. Sanghamitra Nandy, Ms. Manika Pandit, Mr. Abdus Salam, Mr. Kalimuddin Mondal, Mr. Bipin Ghosh, Mr. Sandip Kumar Bhattacharya, Mr. Achintya Kumar Banerjee, Mr. S.K. Faridullah, Mr. Nilanjan Bandopadhyay, Mr. Soumya Roy, Mr. Suman Banerjee, Mr. Swarup Kumar Ghosh, Mr. Hiranmoy Bhattacharya.

JUDGMENT :

Debangsu Basak, J.

1. These writ petitions involve similar issues and are taken up for consideration analogously. Essentially, the petitioners seek compassionate appointment in the died-in-harness category for the family members of the deceased municipal employee.

2. Since a number of writ petitions are involved and since different counsel have advanced arguments on behalf of the petitioners, it would be appropriate and convenient to collate the submissions on behalf of the petitioners as one and record the same accordingly.

3. The petitioners rely upon the provisions of the West Bengal Regulation of Recruitment in the State Government Establishments of Public Undertakings, Statutory Bodies, Government Companies and Local Authorities Act, 1998. The petitioners rely upon Section 1, Sub-Section (4) of the Act of 1999 and contend that, the Act of 1999 applies to all posts in State Government Establishments and Establishments of Public Undertakings, Statutory Bodies, Government Companies and Local Authorities. Relying to Section 2(7) of the Act of 1999, the petitioners contend that, local authorities are defined therein. It has the same meaning as Sub-Section (23) of Section 3 o

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2018 Supreme(Cal) 935

DEBANGSU BASAKGobinda Hazra – AppellantVersusState of W. B. – Respondent

Cases Referred (10)

DEBANGSU BASAK
Gobinda Hazra – Appellant
Versus
State of W. B. – Respondent