IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present:-

The Hon’ble Justice Madhuresh Prasad And The Hon’ble Justice Prasenjit Biswas F.M.A 2 of 2025 Sri Sachin Lall Vs.

Union of India and Others For the Appellant :Mr. Sardar Amjad Ali, Ld. Sr. Adv.

Mr. Chira Ranjan Kanjilal, Adv., Mr. Puranjan Pal, Adv., Mr. Samir Ghosh, Adv., Mr. Abdul Wazid, Adv.

For the Appellant U.O.I./ Mr. Udayan Chakraborty, Sr. Adv., Respondent No. 1 Mrs. Indrani Chakraborty, Adv., Ms, Shreya Sinha, Adv.

For the Mint Mr. Arup Nath Bhattacharyya, Adv., Mr. Hemanta Kr. Das, Adv., Mr. Arya Bhattacharyya, Adv., Mr. Snehasish Dey, Adv.

Judgment on : January 14, 2026.

Madhuresh Prasad, J

1. The appellant was the writ petitioner before the learned Single Judge.

The writ petition was filed seeking relief of compassionate appointment upon demise of the writ petitioner’s father namely Jittu Lall, who died in harness. The writ petition was dismissed on

05.10.2024. This order of the Writ Court is put to challenge in the present appeal.

2. Briefly stating the facts which are not in dispute are that the petitioner’s father died while in harness on 13.12.2004, while working in the Department of I.G. Mint