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

The Hon’ble Justice Madhuresh Prasad And The Hon’ble Justice Supratim Bhattacharya W.P.S.T. 8 of 2025 Krishnadas Chatterjee Versus The State of West Bengal and Others For the Petitioner : Mr. Sabyachi Chatterjee, Mr. Sayan Banerjee, Mr. Badrul Karim, Mr. Aritra Ghosh.

For the Respondents : Mr. Tapan Kumar Mukherjee, ld. AGP, Ms. Sangeeta Roy.

Judgment on : June 10, 2025 Madhuresh Prasad, J.:

1. The petitioner was the applicant and his claim for release of pensionary benefits has been rejected by the West Bengal Administrative Tribunal (SAT for short). The original application (OA) No. 634 of 2021 filed by the petitioner has been disposed of by order dated 07.03.2024, without passing any order in favour of the petitioner. The same is the subject matter of the present writ proceedings.

2. The petitioner was working as an Upper Division Assistant (U.D.A.)

under the Directorate of Health Services. He was made an accused in a criminal case and taken in judicial custody for more than 48 hours, leading to the consequence of his deemed automatic suspension. During the period of suspension, he was paid subsistenc