14.07.2026 18 sdas WPA 15601 of 2026 Kamarunnesa Syed Vs. The Union of India & Ors. Mr. Shuvro Prokash Lahiri Mr. Ankan Mondal .….. for the petitioner Mr. Ashis Mukherjee Mr. Piyas Choudhury ……for the UOI Mr. Dipanjan Datta Mr. Subhajit Chowdhury Ms. Esha Basak …… for the Bank of Baroda 1. Let affidavit-of-service, as filed in Court, be kept on record. 2. The petitioner is aggrieved that her application for compassionate appointment on the death of her husband, late Syed Yusuf Ali, who was an employee of the respondent Bank, has been kept pending without any consideration. The ground cited by the Bank is a pending suit in which the petitioner along with the Bank have been impleaded as defendants by the parents of the late Syed Yusuf Ali. 3. It is clear from a bare perusal of the plaint which has been annexed at page no. 200 of the petition, that C.S. No. 144 of 2022 relates to terminal benefits of the late incumbent and does not concern the 2 petitioner’s application for compassionate appointment in his place and stead. 4. The Bank will consider the application of the petitioner for compassionate appointment, strictly in line with Revision of Scheme for Compassionate Appointment or Payment of Ex-gratia Financial Relief to dependents of deceased employees on Compassionate Ground – 2022 dated February 11, 2022. The Bank will not ask for any document or undertaking which is beyond the scheme and will also exercise its discretion in line with Clause 16.4 of the said scheme and afford the necessary relaxation to the petitioner as may be permissible. 5. The entire exercise by the Bank is to be completed by August 31, 2026. In the event the Bank decides in favour of the petitioner, the Bank authorities will proceed to issue the letter of appointment in favour of the petitioner within a reasonable time thereafter positively by September 15, 2026. 6. With the aforestated directions, the writ petition is disposed of. 7. There will be no order as to costs. 8. Urgent photostat certified copy of the order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon usual undertakings. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)