IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul)

WPA 8325 of 2024 Eastern Coalfields Limited Vs Union of India and Ors.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Manik Das.

For the Respondent No.1/ : Mr. Nandlal Singhania, U.O.I. Ms. Sumedha Banerjee.

For the Respondent No.4 & 5 : Ms. Monika Kalra, Mr. Shantam Gulati.

Judgment reserved on : 27.01.2026 Judgment delivered on : 17.02.2026 SHAMPA DUTT (PAUL), J. :

1. The writ application has been preferred challenging an impugned award dated 9th June, 2023 passed by the Central Government Industrial Tribunal cum Labour Court, Asansol in Reference No.08 of

2006.

2. Vide the impugned award, the Learned Tribunal held as follows:-

“Ranjit Mahali's year of birth appears to be 1975 and he was found medically fit and eligible for performing any job in the mines. Valuable time in the life of the dependant son has been wasted due to the failure on the part of the Management of ECL to arrive at a collective decision on this issue in 30 years, oblivious of the essence of time in a person's life. The Management of ECL is duty bound to honour it's own decision reflected in various clauses of NCWA. A