IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay

W.P.A. 19114 of 2019

Gadadhar Rana

-Vs-

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Sankha Biswas

For the State : Ms. Jhuma Chakraborty

Mr. Pariksshit Goswami

For the Respondent No.6 : Mr. Rahul Kumar Saha

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Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.:-

1. The petitioner has approached this Court assailing the persistent inaction of

the respondent authorities in regularizing his service through absorption as Panchayat Karmee in the Panchayat and Rural Development, despite more than two decades of uninterrupted, unblemished and continuous engagement being appointed as casual worker at Mahata Gram Panchayat

on and from 1st of November, 1999.

2. Pursuant to a formal joining report submitted in response to a

communication issued by the Panchayat on 28.10.1999, a resolution of the

Gram Panchayat dated 13.12.1999 unanimously approved the appointment of the petitioner as a casual worker, and ever since, his discharge of services was devoid of any allegation or adverse remark.

3. The petitioner asserted his service had b