IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

Present :-

The Hon’ble Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul

And

The Hon’ble Justice Partha Sarathi Sen

WPCT 314 of 2024

Meherunnecha Bibi and another

-Vs-

The Union of India and others

For the respondent petitioners:

Mr. M. A. Sardar

Mr. S. Haque

For the respondents:

Mr. Rahul Sarkar Ms. Dipika Sarkar

Heard on : 04.12.2025 Judgment on : 04.12.2025

SUJOY PAUL, A.C.J. : –

1. The petitioners have fought a long drawn battle in corridors

of the court. The husband of the petitioner no.1 and father of the petitioner no.2 died in harness on 29.01.1999. The petitioners after long correspondence with the department filed O.A. No.1561 of 2016 before the Central Administrative

Tribunal, Kolkata Bench (Tribunal), which was disposed of by directing the department to take a decision with stipulated time. Since no decision was taken for considerable long time and it was decided on 24th May, 2022, the petitioners field WPCT 123 of 2022 before this court which was decided on 08.02.2023. This court set aside the impugned order of the authority assailed before the Tribunal as well as order of the Tribunal and directed to consider the application se