18.12.2025 Sl No.A708 Ct. No.15 S.A.

WPA 30782 of 2024 Suman Baulia -vs-

State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Abhratosh Majumdar Mr. Avra Mazumder Mr. Sayan Sinha Mr. K. Roy …for the petitioner Mr. Lalit Mohan Mahata Mr. Prasanta Behari Mahata Mr. Ziaul Haque …for the State The grandfather of the petitioner died in harness on March 19, 2007, while serving as a Gram Panchayat Karmee under the Dulduli Gram Panchayat. Thereafter, his son applied for appointment on compassionate grounds. The compassionate appointment in favour of the petitioner was approved by the respondent authorities on July 27, 2022. However, prior to the grant of such approval, the petitioner’s father had died on March 5, 2016.

Subsequently, the writ petitioner submitted an application seeking appointment on compassionate grounds. As the said application was not considered, the petitioner filed WPA 1488 of 2024.

A Co-ordinate Bench of this Hon’ble Court, by an order dated February 19, 2024, dismissed the said writ petition, holding, inter alia, that the very purpose of granting compassionate appointment—namely, to alleviate the immediate financial crisis of the family of the deceased employee—was absent in the case. Aggrie