IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul)

WPA 15459 of 2025 Anuradha Roy & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 10854 of 2025 Anil Kumar Rai & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 21136 of 2025 Ramesh Kumer Mundhra Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 15534 of 2025 Subhas Chandra Mallik & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 11574 of 2025 Chanchal Kumar Banerjee & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 16097 of 2025 Pijush Kanti Chakraborty & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 18723 of 2025 Siddhartha Sankar Datta & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 11151 of 2025 Swapan Kumar Chattopadhyay & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 11226 of 2025 Pradip Kumar Ghosh & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 7700 of 2025 Sunith Kumar Roy & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 11349 of 2025 Subrata Kumar Baksi & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 11092 of 2025 Amit Basu & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 11596 of 2025 Arjun Kumar Sharma & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 11352 of 2025 Noton Samanta & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

With WPA 11599 of 2025 Nitya Gopal Sarkar & Ors.

Vs The Union of India & Ors.

For the Petitioners : Mr. Soumya Majumder, Sr. Adv.

In WPA 15459/2025 Mr. D. Sengupta, WPA 10854/25 Mr. Ratikanta Pal.

WPA 21136/25 Mr. S.P. Tewary, Ms. Sanjukta Dutta.

For the Petitioners : Mr. Arjun Roy Mukherjee, In WPA 15534/25 Mr. J. Medhi.

For the Petitioners : Mr. Samim Ahmed, In WPA 11574/25 Mr. Arka Maiti, In WPA 18723/25 Mr. Ambia Khatun.

In WPA 11151/25 In WPA 11226/25 In WPA 7700/25 In WPA 11349/25 In WPA 11092/25 In WPA 11596/25 In WPA 11352/25 In WPA 11599/25 For the Petitioners : Mr. Asim Kumar Roy, In WPA 16097/25 Mr. Anirban Roy, Mr. Debjit Basu.

For the P.F. Authority : Mr. Shiv Chandra Prasad.

In WPA 11574/25 In WPA 16097/25 In WPA 11349/25 In WPA 11092/25 In WPA 11596/25 In WPA 11352/25 In WPA 11599/25 For the Respondent/UOI : Mr. Siddhartha Lahiri, In WPA 15459/25 Ms. J. Dhar Chakraborty.

For the Respondent/UOI : Mr. Ajay Gaggar, In WPA 15534/25 Mr. Raunak Bose.

For the Respondent/UOI : Mr. Nilanjan Bhattacharya, Sr. Adv.

In WPA 11574/25 Ms. Mary Datta.

In WPA 11349/25 In WPA 11596/25 For the Respondent/UOI : Mr. A. Dutta, In WPA 18723/25 Mr. Prodip Paul, Ms. R. Dey.

For the Respondent/UOI : Mr. P. Bajpayee, In WPA 11092/25 Ms. Ranjana Chatterjee.

In WPA 11352/25 For the Respondent/UOI : Mr. Subhankar Chakraborty, In WPA 7700/25 Ms. Sarda Sha, Ms. Sayani Gupta (through VC).

For the Respondent no. 5 : Mr. Ritwik Pattanayak.

In WPA 16097/25 For the Respondent no.4 to 6: Mr. S.R. Saha.

In WPA 18723/25 In WPA 11226/25 In WPA 7700/25 For the Respondent no. 6 : Ms. Sharmistha Ghosh, In WPA 15534/25 Mr. Ranit Ray.

For the Respondent no.2 to 5: Mr. Avijit Tewary.

In WPA 15534/25 For the Respondent nos.4 to 6: Mr. Arjun Roy Mukherjee, In WPA 11574/25 Mr. Prantik Garai, In WPA 11596/25 Mr. D. Raj Basu, In WPA 11599/25 Mr. Avijit Kar, Mr. Dwip Raj Basu.

For the Steel Authority : Mr. Kaustav Banerjee, In WPA 15459/2025 Ms. Ria Kundu.

For the P.F. Authority : Ms. Aparna Banerjee.

In WPA 15459/25 For the Respondent no. 10 : Mr. Arnab Chakraborty, In WPA 10854/2025 Ms. Pragya Bhowmik.

For the EPFO/RPFO : Mr. Satyendra Agarwal, In WPA 10854/2025 Mr. Goutam Malik, In WPA 21136/25 Mr. Bijay Bag.

In WPA 11151/25 In WPA 11226/25 In WPA 7700/25 For the Respondent no. 1 : Mr. Rabindra Nath Bag, Sr. Adv.

In WPA 21136/25 Mr. Sk. Md. Wasim Akram, Mr. Piyas Chowdhury.

Judgment reserved on : 09.09.2025/17.09.2025 Judgment delivered on : 14.11.2025 Shampa Dutt (Paul), J.: I. WPA 15459 of 2025

1. The writ application has been preferred praying for setting aside of the impugned rejection order bearing No. EPFO/WB/RO/PRB/PoHW/9057/7471 dated 5^th February 2025 in respect of the abovenamed petitioners and direction upon the respondent no. 3 to disburse higher pension on higher wages on the basis of the joint option exercised by the