JUDGMENT

Soumen Sen, J. - The appeal is arising out of a judgment and order dated 2nd February, 2015 in connection with a writ petition filed by several of the employees of the South Bengal State Transport Corporation. In the writ petition the writ petitioners sought for similar benefits as that of the writ petitioners who had instituted another writ petition being WP 13475(W) of 2003.

2. The case of the appellants/writ petitioners is that the Pension Regulations were formulated by the South Bengal State Transport Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the 'Corporation') and several of the employees of the Corporation opted pension under the Regulations (to obtain pension). Upon the Corporation cancelling the Regulation and deciding not to pursue the pension scheme, the said decision was challenged in Court and the challenge was upheld. According to the appellants, they are similarly placed as that of the writ petitioners in WP No. 13475(W) of 2003 and are, accordingly, entitled to the same benefits as were extended to them under the order passed in the said writ petition on 25th April, 2008.

3. The learned Single Judge refused to extend similar benefit to the present appellants on t