20th January, 2026 (D/L No.18)

Ct. No.4 (SKB)

W.P.S.T.95 of 2025 Ravi Das Versus State of West Bengal and others Mr. Sankha Ghosh, Mr. Biswarup Nandy, Mr. G. Halder … for the petitioner.

Mr. Tapan Kumar Mukherjee, ld. AGP, Ms. Sangeeta Roy … for the State.

1. Heard the learned advocate for the writ petitioner and the learned AGP. The petitioner’s father died in harness on 12.03.2016. An application was submitted for compassionate appointment of the writ petitioner/applicant (son of the deceased). The application on proforma was stated to have been submitted on 12.05.2016. The petitioner’s claim has been rejected by an order dated 20.07.2023 on the ground that the petitioner “applied for appointment on compassionate ground after a lapse of nearly 2 years 8 months from the date of expiry of the ex-employee, which was needed to be submitted within 2 years from the expiry of the ex-employee…..”. It is this order which was the subject matter of the proceeding before the West Bengal Administrative Tribunal (in short ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. 18 of

2024, filed by the writ petitioner.

2. The petitioner also sought consequential direction for compassionate appointment being offered. The Tribunal has r