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

The Hon’ble Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay W.P.A. 23897 of 2013 Nekbar Hossain -Vs-

Union of India & Ors.

For the Petitioner : Sk. Mujibar Rahman For the Respondents/U.O.I. : Ms. Chandreyi Alam Heard on : 13.12.2024, 13.06.2025, 28.08.2025, Judgment on : 02.02.2026 Uploaded on : 05.02.2026 Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.:-

1. The petitioner, a long serving member of the Central Reserve Police Force, narrated a tale of sustained hardship woven through years of service in arduous, terror infested regions of the country. On 16.01.2009, the petitioner had been posted at 82 Bn. C.R.P.F., Signal Platoon, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir while the petitioner was posted at No.3 Sig Bn.

C.R.P.F., Salt Lake City, Kolkata- 700091.

2. A dispute arose over the retention of his allotted family accommodation at Salt Lake, Kolkata. The petitioner asserted notwithstanding his continuous posting in Jammu & Kashmir, a high security zone where no family accommodation was available, he was under the extant C.R.P.F. Family Accommodation Rules, 2008, lawfully entitled to retain the service quarter where his wife and chronically ailing minor