07 12.08. 2026 Ct. No. 18 Ab IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE. WPA 17983 of 2026 Ashit Kumar Biswas and others Vs. Union of India and others. --------------- Mr. Santanu Chatterjee, Mr. Amit Halder. … for the petitioners. Mr. Aniruddha Bagchi, Mr. Priyankar Ganguly. … for the UOI. 1. The affidavit of service filed today is taken on record. 2. The petitioners are all contractual workers employed in the Indian Post and Telegraph Department as Group-D staff. The petitioners have gone through several litigations in pursuit of their right. 3. The petitioners’ right emanates from the circular dated June 5, 1985. 4. The petitioners are aggrieved that their names did not appear in the list, which was directed to be published by an order of this Hon’ble Court and several other orders directing such list to be published, which was also carried in contempt and in appeal. The appeal, however, was not entertained and was rejected on the ground that it was barred by laws of limitation. 5. The said order was further carried in appeal before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, which was also 2 dismissed. 6. The list, as sought for, by the orders of this Hon’ble Court, has been duly published and the petitioners are aggrieved that their names do not appear in the list. 7. A bare perusal of the Circular/Office Memorandum of June 5, 1985 clearly reveals that the list would contain the names of those casual workers, who have been recruited through the Employment Exchange that being a basic and essential condition for recruitment at that material time. The petitioners not being so recruited (through the Employment Exchange), their names did not appear in the list and, hence, the petitioners were not considered for regularization of service. 8. These issues have now been decided by the Courts, since the appeal has failed and has also been dismissed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. 9. The writ petition, therefore, fails and is accordingly dismissed. 10. There shall, however, be no order as to costs. 11. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties on priority basis. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.) 3