120 29.09.2026 Ct. No.6 P.A./A,P IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction WPA No. 532 of 2025 Jitendra Nath Barman and Others v/s West Bengal State Agricultural Marketing Board and Ors. Mr. Sanjay Mazoomdar Ms. Sukanya Adhikary Ms. Sohini Sarkar …for the petitioner. Mr. Kunaljit Bhattacharjee, Ld. AGP Mr. Salok Sah …for the State. Affidavit of service filed by the petitioner is taken on record. The petitioners are Group- D employees under Cooch Behar Zilla Regulated Market Committee and seek enhancement of gratuity in terms of the notification dated 28th January, 2021 issued by the Chief Executive Officer. The petitioners submitted representations in this regard before the concerned authority which are yet to be considered. The petitioners seek consideration of the same. In view of the fact that the representations submitted by the petitioners before the concerned 2 authority are pending from 2024, the Chairman, Cooch Behar Zilla Regulated Committee, being the 5th respondent herein, is directed to consider and dispose of the same within 4 weeks from the date of communication of this order upon granting reasonable opportunity of hearing to all concerned including the petitioners, in accordance with law. The decision taken by the authority shall be communicated to the petitioners within a week thereof. In the event the authority arrives at a decision in favour of the petitioners, necessary consequential steps be taken at the earliest. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. There shall however be no order as costs. Since no affidavit is invited, the allegations contained in the petition are deemed not to have been admitted. Parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh, J.)