PROSAD RANJAN BISWAS Vs. HIJLI CO

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The appeal is at the instance of the respondent no. 5 in the writ petition. The writ petition was filed by Hijli Co-operative Development Society Limited (hereinafter referred to as the said society), Narayan Chandra Paria and the Secretary, Hijli Co-operative Development Society Limited being the respondent nos.1, 2 and 3 in the instant appeal. The other respondents are the State of West Bengal and its officers who were also the respondents in the writ petition but neither of them were parties either to the arbitration proceedings or in the appeal before the Co-operative Tribunal.

(2.) The writ petitioners have challenged an order passed by the West Bengal Co-operative Tribunal on 8th July, 2016 in appeal no. 19 of 2015 filed by the appellant which in turn have set aside an award passed by the Co-operative Development Officer, Paschim Medinipur Range being the appointed arbitrator in case no. 2 of 2014-2015 being a proceeding also filed by the appellant. On being unsuccessful in the arbitration proceeding the said Prosad Ranjan Biswas (appellant) filed the appeal before the West Bengal Co-operative Tribunal and got an order in his favour which has been over turned in the writ petition by the order impugned.

(3.) The disputes referred to the arbitration and the subject-matter of the appeal before the West Bengal Co-operative Tribunal are as follows:-