IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul)

WPA 2562 of 2025 Gloster Limited Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the Petitioner : Mr. S.K.Singh, Mr. R.Guha Thakurata, Ms. S.Sengupta.

For the Respondent/ : Mr. Biswabrata Basu Mallick, AGP State Mr. Tamal Taru Panda.

For the Pvt. Respondent : Mr. Balai Paul.

Hearing concluded on : 18.08.2025 Judgment on : 04.09.2025 Shampa Dutt (Paul), J.:

1. The present writ application has been preferred challenging the award dated November 13, 2024 as passed by the Respondent Tribunal in Case No. 05/2015 under Section 2A(2) and the impugned Publication order dated December 03, 2024.

2. The petitioner‟s case in short is that the petitioner has a Jute Mill at the address given in the cause title and employs about 4500 employees presently, wherein the concerned workman had been appointed initially to operate the Boat, owned by the petitioner, which was being used to ferry the employees and persons connected with its Jute Mill, across the Hooghly river.

3. The said ferry service of the Boat has been stopped permanently w.e.f. 20^th February, 2014. Still the petitioner/company