IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul)

WPA 6505 of 2026 Lagan Engineering Company Limited Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Soumya Majumder, ld. Sr. Adv.

Ms. Amrita Pandey, Mr. Ghanshyam Pandey, Mr. S. Auddy.

For the State : Mr. Swapan Kr. Dutta, Mr. Susanta Pal, Ms. Ananya Neogi.

Judgment reserved on : 23.04.2026 Judgment delivered on : 27.04.2026 SHAMPA DUTT (PAUL), J. :

1. The writ application has been preferred on the ground that the impugned Award dated 20.02.2025 passed by the Learned Judge, 3rd Industrial Tribunal, West Bengal, Kolkata in Case No. 03/2021 has been passed in gross violation of the cardinal principles of natural justice, specifically the audi alteram partem rule, inasmuch as the Tribunal peremptorily closed the evidence of the parties before cross-examination of the petitioner's witness OPW-1 could be completed.

2. The petitioner relies upon the judgments and the settled legal framework laid down by the Constitution Bench of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Workmen of Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co. of India (P) Ltd. v. Management, (1973) 1 SCC 813, and reiterated