Union of India and Ors. v. Pradip Kumar Chakraborty Alias Chakrabarti
Case brief
What is this about?
Union of India & Ors. v. Pradip Kumar Chakraborty, W.P.C.T. 78 of 2025, decided 16.06.2025 by a Division Bench (Madhuresh Prasad, J.; Supratim Bhattacharya, J.). Challenge to CAT Kolkata Bench order dated 07.08.2024 in O.A. Nos. 944 and 1596 of 2022 setting aside a suspension order with consequential relief. Writ petition disposed of with liberty to seek review before the Tribunal; High Court pendency period to count towards limitation for the review. Keywords: service law; suspension revocation; CAT review jurisdiction; limitation; liberty to file review.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to invoke the review jurisdiction of the Tribunal; the period of pendency before this Court to be available to the petitioner for the purposes of limitation in filing the review. ¶14