IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA (CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION)

APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee WPA 10918 of 2012 Supriya Chatterjee -Vs.-

Union of India & Ors.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Kedareswar Chakraborty, Mr. Saptarshi Chakraborty.

For the N. F. Railway : Mr. Pradip Kumar Das.

Heard on : 19.03.2025 Judgment on :02.04.2025 Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, J.:-

1. In questioning the justifiability and propriety of the award dated 16^th January 2012, passed by the learned Central Government Industrial Tribunal at Calcutta in Reference No. 31 of 2006, which declined to accept the petitioner’s claim for reinstatement with back wages, but directed the payment of compensation of Rs. 50,000/- within the specified period.

2. Prior to venturing into addressing the contentious issue raised in the present writ petition, it would be apt to allude to the key facts, as projected in the writ petition, which are as follows:

a) The petitioner was engaged as a substituted Emergency Peon attached to Divisional Railway Manager, Alipurduar Division Junction (DRM/APDJ) in a pay scale of Rs. 2550- 3200/-, along with other allowances under the applicable rules, by a letter vide