24.06.2026 Ct. No. 30 S.L. No. 2 SM WPA 12775 of 2026 Sudesh Roy Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Uddipan Banerjee Mr. Subhrakanti Samanta …….for the petitioner Ms. Amrita Pandey (V/C) Mr. Ghanshyam Pandey …….for the UOI/Private respondents Ms. Debleena Dasgupta Mr. Kaustav Seal ……for the State 1. Affidavit-of-service filed be kept with the record. 2. The writ application has been preferred praying for expeditious disposal of GA-34/2024 pending before the respondent no. 3. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that due to the pendency of the appeal which was mainly filed challenging the ground of territorial jurisdiction and other issues, the initial gratuity case being No. G-07/2024 has not been disposed of till date by the Controlling Authority and as such it is submitted that the petitioner is suffering prejudice. 4. On hearing the learned counsels for the parties, the writ application is disposed of with the direction that the respondent no. 3 the Deputy Labour Commissioner, Chandannagar being the appellate authority herein shall make all endeavour to dispose of the appeal expeditiously preferably within 30 working days from the date of communication of this order in 2 accordance with law by hearing all the parties and passing a reasoned order. 5. Writ application stands disposed of. 6. Applications, if any, connected thereto stand disposed of consequently. 7. Interim order, if any, stands vacated. 8. Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties on priority basis upon compliance of all formalities. [Shampa Dutt (Paul). J]