JUDGMENT

G.S. Singhvi, J.

Whether a Tribunal established under Section 4 of the Administrative Tribunals Act (for short `the Act) can review its decision on the basis of subsequent order/decision/judgment rendered by a coordinate or larger bench or any superior Court or on the basis of subsequent event/development is the question which arises for determination of this appeal filed by the State of West Bengal and others against the judgment of the High Court of Calcutta, whereby the said High Court declined to interfere with order dated 25.9.2001 passed by the West Bengal Administrative Tribunal (for short `the Tribunal) in R.A. No.26 of 1998.

2. The facts necessary for deciding the aforementioned question are as under:-

(i) Respondents Kamal Sengupta and Narayan Chandra Ghosh appeared in the competitive examination conducted by the West Bengal Public Service Commission in 1973 for recruitment to West Bengal Civil Services (Executive) and other Allied Services. They were declared successful and were allotted to West Bengal Food and Supplies Service (hereinafter described as `the service). Initially, they were