Bm/cm Form No. J(2)

District: South 24 Parganas

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Civil Appellate Jurisdiction

Appellate Side

Present :

The Hon’ble Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay

WPA 4192 of 2025

RUDRAJIT RAYCHAUDHURI

VS

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

Mr. Shamik Chatterjee

Mr. Aditya Bikram Mahata

Mr. Sahil Kabir Ms. Jayita Das

… for the petitioner

Ms. Madhurima Basu

... for the Union of India

Mr. D. N. Ray, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bhaskar Mukherjee

Mr. D. Dutta

… for the respondents

Heard on & Judgment on : 24.09.2025

Ananya Bandyopadhyay J.

1. The petitioner had been an employee of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta being the respondent No.3 having been inducted in service on 15.10.1998. Subsequently, the petitioner had been granted voluntary retirement from the service on medical grounds prior to completion of 20 years of service. The voluntary retirement on medical grounds was endorsed by the respondent no.3

authorities considering his serious ailment. Initially the retirement benefit and pension were granted by the respondent no.3 authorities which had been subsequently discontinued prompting the petitioner to file a writ petition being WPA 20662 of 2018 whereby the Co- ordinate Bench of this court distinguished bet