IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Lanusungkum Jamir And The Hon’ble Justice Rai Chattopadhyay FMA 564 of 2025 With CAN 1 of 2025 Swarnakshar Prakasani Pvt Ltd Vs.

State of West Bengal and Ors.

For the Appellant : Mr. Ranjay De, ld. Sr. Adv : Mr. S. Dutta : Mr. R. Guha Thakurta : Mr. A. A. Bose : Mr. B. Banerjee For the State : Mr. Ushanath Banerjee : Mr. Debapriya Chatterjee For the respondent No. 3 : Mr. Soumya Majumder, ld. Sr. Adv.

: Ms. Sanjukta Dutta : Mr. Kinnor Ghosh Heard on : 10/09/2025 Judgment on : 27/10/2025 Rai Chattopadhyay, J. :-

1. A judgment and order of the Hon‘ble Single Judge dated February 20, 2025 in WPA No. 281 of 2025 is under challenge in the instant appeal.

2. The appellant/writ petitioner had challenged an order dated January

30, 2023, of the learned Presiding Officer at the 4th Industrial Tribunal, West Bengal, in Case No. VIII/95/2024, in the said writ petition.

3. The related preliminary issue was with regard to the point of maintainability of the dispute referred by the State, to the tribunal. The maintainability of the reference was challenged on the ground that the respondent No.3 herein,