✦ Calcutta High Court · 06 Feb 2026

Santi Ranjan Roy & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.

Case at a glance

Key paragraphs

  • Para 1818. All connected application, if any, stands disposed of.

Judgment

of 2022 (arising out of the SLP (C) Nos. 8658-8659 of 2019), decided on November 04, 2022.

#15. Thus considering that the petitioners herein stand on the same footing as the petitioners in WPA 15459 of 2025 and ors., it is directed that the order dated

24.03.2025 passed by the respondent no. 6, is hereby quashed and set aside.

#16. It is further directed that:- a) Any joint option application presented on or before 31.01.2025, or before any other further extension of time by the authority considered, if any shall be accepted by the respondents. 6 b) On remittance of the differential contribution amount to the pension scheme, to the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, by the employees, along with applicable interest, higher pension shall be disbursed to them from the succeeding month of their remittance.

#17. WPA 969 of 2026 is allowed.

#18. All connected application, if any, stands disposed of.

#19. Interim order, if any, stands vacated.

#20. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties, expeditiously after complying with all necessary legal formalities. (Shampa Dutt (Paul), J.)

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