IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATESIDE W.P.A.10852 of 2016 with CAN 2 of 2023 Anil Kumar Ghosh & Ors.

Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the Petitioners : Mr. Soumya Majumder, Sr. Advocate Ms. Sanjukta Dutta, Advocate For the State : Mr. Amal Kr. Sen, Ld. AAG Mr. Arindam Chattopadyay, Advocate Ms. Lipika Chatterjee, Advocate For the KMDA : Mr. Sirsanya Bandyopadhyay, Advocate Mr. Satyajit Talukder, Advocate Mr. Arindam Chatterjee, Advocate Hearing concluded on : 4th September, 2025 Judgment On : 11th September, 2025 Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.:

1. Petitioners were employees of Kolkata Improvement Trust (for short ‘KIT’), Kolkata Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authority (for short ‘KMW&SA’) and Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (for short ‘KMDA’). Subsequently KIT and KMW&SA merged with KMDA and as such, petitioners were considered as employees of KMDA. All the petitioners retired on superannuation and were permitted to commute pension in terms of Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority Employees’ (Death-cum-Retirement Benefit) Regulations, 1988 (hereinafter referred as ‘said Regulations of 1988’). Petitioners have expressed