Cases referred to: Ganga Dhar Singh vs. State of West Bengal, 1997 (II) CHN 140; Nand Kishore Ahirwar vs. Haridas Parsedia, 2001 (9) SCC 325; Shanti Devi vs. State of Haryana, 1999 (5) SCC 703; State of Assam vs. Ripa Sharma, 2013 (3) SCC 63. M.Y. Eqbal, J.: Leave granted. 2. These appeals by special leave are directed against the common judgment and order dated 20.3.2009, passed by the Division Bench of High Court of Calcutta in W.P.L.R.T. Nos. 728 of 2002, 429 of 2002 and 430 of 2002,