JUDGMENT

Moushumi Bhattacharya, J. - The petitioner served as Assistant Professor in Bengali in Kandi Raj College in Murshidabad for seven years from April, 2010 until April, 2017 before the petitioner was recommended by the West Bengal College Service Commission for appointment as Assistant Professor in Acharya Girish Chandra Bose College (formerly Bangabasi College of Commerce), Kolkata, in the 'PH' (Physically Handicapped) category. The petitioner is a physically impaired person (Bi-lateral upper limb amputee) with 80% disability.

2. The petitioner seeks a direction on the Governing Body, the President and the Principal of Acharya Girish Chandra Bose College to confirm and approve his appointment in the post of Assistant Professor in Bengali of the said College. The petitioner also seeks quashing of the decision of the Governing Body of the College taken in the meeting held on 10th June, 2017.

The case of the petitioner

3. The case of the petitioner, as sought to be made out by Mr. Subir Sanyal, learned senior counsel, is that the petitioner lived in Naihati, North 24 Parganas and was constrained to apply for a new position since the petitioner found it difficult to attend Kandi Raj