Sl. No.31

07.02.2025 Suman Ct. 15 WPA 3784 of 2024 Joydeb Ray Vs.

Damodar Valley Corporation and Ors.

Mr. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Sr. Adv.

Mr. R. Guha Thakurta Mr. S. Sengupta Mr. Pulin Chandra Maiti Ms. Dipa Roy ..for the petitioner Mr. Srijan Nayak Ms. Rituparna Maitra Mr. Partha Sarathi Pal Mr. Asis Dutta ..for Registrar of Co-operative Society Mr. Pradip Kumar Tarafdar Mr. Subir Pal ..for Damodar Valley Corporation Mr. Ankit Sureka Mr. Biplab Das ..for respondent no.3.

I am convinced that the petitioner has been restrained from joining his service in an arbitrary and illegal manner, which warrants the intervention of this Court.

The petitioner was appointed as a “Boy” under the Damodar Valley Corporation Employees Co- operative Stores & Canteen Ltd. (hereafter referred to as the "said Society"), Respondent No. 2. He was issued a show-cause notice dated November 28, 2023, by the Special Officer of the said Society, who was appointed by the Cooperation Department of the State.

It is essential to quote the relevant portion of the show-cause notice, as follows:

“A joint petition has been submitted against you by some employees of DVC Employees Cooperative Stores and Canteen Ltd. that