29.07.2025 Item No.03 Court No.11 KCP MAT 669 of 2025 with IA No.CAN 1 of 2025 with IA No.CAN 2 of 2025 The State of West Bengal & Ors.

- Versus -

Niranjan Adhikari & Anr.

Mr. Biswabrata Basu Mallick, Ld. AGP.

Ms. Parna Roy Choudhury.

…for the Appellants Mr. (Dr.) Debabrata Karan, Ms. Sabita Khutia (Bhunya), Ms. Ria Bhunya.

….for the Respondent No.1/

Writ Petitioner The present appeal has been preferred by the State and its functionaries challenging an order dated 6^th August, 2024 passed by the learned Judge in the writ petition being WPA 14777 of 2024.

As we have invited the learned advocates to advance their arguments on the merits of the matter, the delay in preferring in the present appeal is condoned and the application for condonation of delay being CAN 1 of

2025 is disposed of.

Records reveal that the writ petition, being WPA

14777 of 2024 was preferred by the writ petitioner/respondent no.1 herein, namely, Niranjan Adhikari (in short, Niranjan) challenging inter alia an order dated 16^th October, 2023 passed by the appellant no. 4 refusing to condone the deficiency in qualifying service of Niranjan and denying him pension on a purported finding that he had served less than 10 years, w