IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

Present :

THE HON’BLE JUSTICE SUJOY PAUL

&

THE HON’BLE JUSTICE SMITA DAS DE

FMA 818 of 2019

Union of India & Ors.

Vs.

Jagadish Chandra Laskar

With

FMA 819 of 2019

Jagadish Chandra Laskar

Vs.

Union of India & Ors.

For the UoI : Mr. S.N. Dutta

Mr. Saikat Karmakar

For the Respondent : Mr. Achin Kr. Majumder,

/Writ Petitioner Ms. Ananya Adhikary.

Heard On : 17.09.2025 Judgment On : 24.09.2025

Sujoy Paul, J.

1. These intra Court appeals take exception to the order of Learned Single Judge dated 7th July, 2017 thereby the writ application filed by the employee was disposed of with certain directions. The employee and department both are aggrieved by this order and therefore both the matters were analogously heard.

Factual background:

2. The appellant employee was working as Assistant Security Commissioner with Northern Railway and till his retirement, he remained posted at Patiala. The employee retired on attaining the date of superannuation on 29th February, 2012. On 27th of February, 2012 a charge sheet was issued to him mainly alleging that in 2010, he had misused the privilege travel pass issued by railways by travelling with a women w