Rajib Halder vs State of West Bengal

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2022 Supreme(SC) 1911

INDIRA BANERJEE, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN
Rajib Halder – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Shamim Ahammed, Advocate, Mr. Supratik Sarkar, Advocate, Ms. Anindita Mitra, Advocate, Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Rauf Rahim, Advocate, Mr. Ali Asghar Rahim, Advocate, Mr. Arup Banerjee, Advocate, Mr. Prakash Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Advocate, Mr. R.K. Dey, Advocate, Mr. Prakrati, Raj, Advocate, for the Appellant; Mr. Sudhansu Palo, Advocate, Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, Advocate, Mr. Anant, Advocate, Mr. Kunal Vajani, Advocate, Mr. Kunal Mimani, Advocate, Mr. Pranav Malhotra, Advocate, Mr. Manish Kumar Saran, Advocate, Ms. Manisha T. Karia, Advocate, Ms. Sukhda Kalra, Advocate, Ms. Nidhi Nagpal, Advocate, Mr. Adavsh Kumar, Advocate, for the Respondent.

ORDER

V. Ramasubramanian, J.

Aggrieved by the dismissal of a batch of appeals arising out of the dismissal of writ petitions challenging their non-appointment to the post of Assistant Teachers in Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools in the State of West Bengal, the candidates who participated in the selection have come up with these special leave petitions.

2. We have heard the learned counsel for the parties and the learned standing counsel for the respondent-State.

3. The brief facts necessary for the disposal of these special leave petitions are as follows:-

i. By a notification issued in the last week of December 2011, the West Bengal Central School Service Commission notified the initiation of the process of selection for appointment of 6891 Teachers.

ii. Subsequently, by a Notification dated 28.12.2011, the Governor of West Bengal sanctioned 39510 additional posts of teachers, distributed among 20 districts of the State of West Bengal. This sanction was for the purported maintenance of pupil-teacher ratio in Primary Schools and Senior High Schools/Higher Secondary Schools. All these posts were directed to be filled up as per the qualifications and procedure prescribed in the rele

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2022 Supreme(SC) 1911

INDIRA BANERJEE, V. RAMASUBRAMANIANRajib Halder – AppellantVersusState of West Bengal – Respondent

INDIRA BANERJEE, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN
Rajib Halder – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent