Calcutta High Court Orders Andaman and Nicobar Administration to Show Compassion to Employee with Serious Health Complications

Observing that the administration must also act with humanity, the Calcutta High Court has dismissed the Andaman and Nicobar Administration’s plea to bar one of their employee sffering from serious health complication s from submitting a fresh application against his transfer. A division bench of Justices Arijit Banerjee and Apurba Sinha Ray was dealing with a plea of the administration against the tribunal order, providing a laboratory assistant suffering from serious medical conditions a final opportunity to challenge his relocation. The employee submitted that he was suffering from a serious ailment, which requires follow-up by a medical specialist every three months, as he has a single kidney with comorbidities. “The administration, being a model employer , should act reasonably and sympathetically, where the employee concerned is suffering from a serious ailment,” the court observed. The order added that the administration must also act with humanity and treat the next representation of employees with a cup of kindness.