IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

(CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION)

ORIGINAL SIDE

Present :

The Hon’ble Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee

WPO 380 of 2024

With

IA No. GA 1 of 2024

Soumik Bhattacharya & Ors.

Vs.

The Hon’ble High Court At Calcutta & Ors.

For the petitioner : Mr. Debabrata Saha Roy, Sr. Adv.,

Mr. Rajdeep Bhattacharya,

Mr. Neil Basu.

For the Respondent : Mr. Jaydip Kar, Sr. Adv.,

Mr. Tanoy Chakraborty.

Heard on : 17.07.2025

Judgment on : 07.08.2025

Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, J.:-

Preface:

1. Three employees of this Hon’ble Court have instituted the present writ

petition, praying for the issuance of an appropriate writ, more particularly in

the nature of mandamus, directing the concerned respondents to determine their inter se seniority in the cadre of Superintendent Grade-II, with retrospective effect from 30.07.2018 (forenoon). Consequent thereto, they also pray for promotion to the next higher post, namely that of Assistant Court Officer (for short, ACO), being the last common cadre, on the strength of such revised seniority. The petitioners further beseech this Hon’ble Court to direct the re-fixation of their pay and the disbursement of consequential arrears of emoluments accruing from the