IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon‟ble Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul)

WPA 18166 of 2024 Indian Railway Thikadar Mazdoor Congress (Kharagpur Division)

& Ors.

Vs Union of India & Ors.

For the Petitioners : Mr. Soumya Majumder, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Ajitesh Pandey, Mr. Zubeen Pandey, Mr. Monish Ojha, Mr. Zohaib Rauf.

For the Railways : Mr. Manabendranath Bandyopadhyay.

For the Private Respondent : Mr. Sanjib Kr. Mukhopadhyay.

Ms. Prama Roy, Ms. Nargish Parveen.

Judgment reserved on : 01.12.2025 Judgment delivered on : 20.01.2026 Shampa Dutt (Paul), J.:

1. The writ petition has been preferred praying for quashing of the decision dated 06.03.2024 and any decision made to the effect of not paying the members of the petitioner Union who have worked for the Indian Railways during the period 01.01.2001 to 07.07.2009 at the Kharagpur Railway station and to pay wages to the 172 members of the petitioner Union at the rate which their counterparts working for the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation are paid at the Kharagpur Railway station during the period 01.01.2001 to 07.07.2009 and to fix the rates of minimum wages for Public Motor Transport