IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Madhuresh Prasad AND The Hon’ble Justice Supratim Bhattacharya W.P.S.T 97 of 2025 Promod Rai @ Promod Kumar Rai Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Others For the petitioner : Mr. Kushal Chatterjee, Mr. Arun Shaw For the State Respondents : Mr. Tapan Kumar Mukherjee, Ld. AGP, Mr. Somnath Naskar Heard on : 20.06.2025 Judgment on : 20.06.2025 MADHURESH PRASAD, J.:

1. The petitioner’s father died while in harness on 03.11.1999.

There were two persons claiming to be wife of the deceased. The issue was set at rest by decision of the Civil Judge, Junior Division, 2^nd Court, Alipore in Title Suit No. 1867 of 2008. The Civil Court decreed in favour of the petitioner’s mother, Smt.

Kanniya Rai.

2. The petitioner’s pending claim for compassionate appointment was thereafter required to be processed. There is material on record to show that the authorities had intimation regarding the decree passed in favour of the petitioner’s mother in the year 2014. However, the authorities have taken nearly six and half years to consider the petitioner’s claim, that also after the petitioner was compelled to se