IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION Appellate Side Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta WPA 9463 of 2019 Smt. Nupur Basu Versus The Union of India and Others For the Petitioner : Mr. Shamik Chatterjee, Adv.

Mr. Aditya Bikram Mahata, Adv.

Mr. Suman Bhanja, Adv.

Mr. Sahil Kabir, Adv.

Ms. Shrabanti Khatun, Adv.

For the Respondent Nos. 3 to 6 : Mr. L. K. Gupta, Ld. Sr. Adv.

Mr. D. N. Ray, Ld. Sr. Adv.

Mr. Bhaskar Mukherjee, Adv.

Mr. D. Dutta, Adv.

Heard on : 07.05.2025 Judgment on : 09.07.2025 Ajay Kumar Gupta, J:

1. This instant writ petition, filed by the Petitioner, is the second round of litigation seeking regularisation of her service along with consequential benefits.

2. The brief facts of the writ petitioner is that she was appointed as a Secretarial Assistant at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (in short IIMC) on 18th December, 2007 with due approval from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (in short MHRD). Her appointment was initially on contractual basis for a period of two years i.e. from 18.12.2007 to 17.12.2009. Thereafter, her contractual appointment was renewed time to time without any break in service till 25.12.2018. During this