JUDGMENT :

Amrita Sinha, J.

1. The petitioners are the heirs and legal representatives of the original writ petitioner Santosh Kundu, a retired employee of the Santipur Municipality, who expired during the pendency of the writ petition. The employee was appointed as Technical Assistant on 2nd March, 1991. In the meeting of the Board of Commissioners held on 31st December, 1992, resolution was adopted to grant scale of pay for the post of Road Sarkar to the employee with effect from 1st January, 1993. On and from 1st March, 1995 the employee was promoted to the post of Sub Assistant Engineer.

2. The Chairman of the Municipality, by communicating letter dated 18th October, 2017, approached the Director of Local Bodies for issuance of approval of the employee to the sanctioned post of Sub Assistant Engineer from the date of his promotion that is 1st March, 1995. The Director of Local Bodies, vide communication dated 27th September, 2021, intimated the Chairman of the Municipality to forward copy of the government approval of the appointment of the employee to the post of Sub Assistant Engineer and an approved profile (IOSMS) of the employee. The employee retired from service on attaini