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

The Hon’ble Justice Madhuresh Prasad And The Hon’ble Justice Prasenjit Biswas F.M.A. 1809 of 2018 Haradhan Datta & Ors.

Vs.

State of West Bengal &Ors.

The Appellant (No. 1)-in-Person : Mr.HaradhanDatta. For the Appellant Nos. 2 to 54 : Mr.NitishSamanta, Mr.AbhivabaDan, Ms.ShreyasheeMitra.

For the State : Mr.AmalKr.Sen,Ld.AAG, Mr.L.Basu.

For the SBSTC : Mr.AyanBanerjee, Ms.DebasreeDhamali, Ms.DebolinaGhosh.

Judgment on :March30,2026.

Madhuresh Prasad, J.:

1. The present appellants were the writ petitioners before the learned Single Judge. The appellant shall hereinafter be referred to as the petitioners. The petitioners are all retired employees of the South Bengal State Transport Corporation (in short “SBSTC”).

2. The relief was prayed in the writ petition in the following terms:

"(a) A writ in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents and their men, agents and subordinates to implement the pensionary benefits as specified in the SBSTC Employees Pension Regulation, 2002 in favour of the petitioner immediately;

(b) A writ in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents and their men, agent and subor