Gayatri Balmiki v. the State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
compassionate appointment; contempt proceedings dropped by West Bengal Administrative Tribunal; claim considered and rejected 03.01.2025; Directorate of Health Services; liberty to challenge order on merits in appropriate proceeding; writ petition dismissed; W.P.S.T.119 of 2025; Madhuresh Prasad J.; Supratim Bhattacharya J.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner's claim was considered by the authorities on 03.01.2025 and they have purged themselves of contempt, and the Tribunal has dropped the contempt proceedings by order dated 03.04.2025, the petitioner is left free to assail that order on merits in an appropriate proceeding in accordance with law ¶6