JUDGMENT

Moushumi Bhattacharya, J. - The writ petitions relate to the 1st State Level Selection Test, 2016 for recruitment of Assistant Teachers in Upper Primary schools in the State of West Bengal. The writ petitioners, 116 in number (in W.P.A. 9597 of 2019), participated in the SLST, 2016 and now seek cancellation of the entire selection process. The primary relief in the writ petitions have been sought against the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (the Commission) which has been designated to conduct the first State-Level Selection Test (SLST) for recruitment of Assistant Teachers in the Upper Primary level except Physical Education and Work Education.

2. The petitioners in all the writ petitions, which fall for consideration in this decision, applied in response to a Notification dated 23rd September, 2016 issued by the West Bengal Central School Service Commission relating to recruitment of Assistant Teachers for Upper Primary level (except Physical Education and Work Education) in non-Government aided/sponsored schools in West Bengal. In the Notification, the selection process was to be governed by the West Bengal School Service Commission (Selection for Appointmen