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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
BIVAS PATTANAYAK
Madhusudan Adhya – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. affidavit of service and petitioner's request. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. petitioners' qualifications and impact on recruitment process. (Para 4 , 6 , 8) |
| 3. contentions in opposition and eligibility requirements. (Para 5 , 7 , 10 , 11) |
| 4. issues raised for consideration by the court. (Para 9) |
| 5. court's view on wbbpe's timeline for results. (Para 12) |
| 6. final disposition of the writ petitions. (Para 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19) |
JUDGMENT :
Bivas Pattanayak, J.
1. Affidavits of service filed on behalf of the petitioners are taken on record.
2. By the present writ petition, the petitioners seek for publication of the final results of Diploma in Elementary Education (in short, 'D.El.Ed.') for the session 2023-2025 prior to the last date of the application of recruitment Notification dated 25th September, 2025 and also directing the respondent authorities to allow the petitioners to participate in the ongoing selection process in connection with the said recruitment notification.
3. Both the writ petitions are taken up together since the petitions have similarity of facts and prayers.
4. In the present writ petitions, some of the petitioners have qualified in TET 2014, some have q
Candidates who have not completed the requisite teacher training course by the recruitment notification date are ineligible for the recruitment process, irrespective of their TET qualifications.
Qualifications for recruitment must be met by the application date, and the recruitment process rules cannot be changed post-notification.
(1) Appointment – If there is no cut-off date appointed by rules then such date as may be appointed for the purpose of advertisement calling for applications – If there is no such date appointed then....
Eligibility qualifications for recruitment must be assessed based on the last date for application submission unless specified otherwise, rejecting the notion of a cut-off date.
Candidates pursuing teacher training courses are eligible for the Teacher Eligibility Test, regardless of their year of study, as clarified by the Supreme Court and NCTE.
The exclusion of two-year B.Ed. holders from recruitment is arbitrary; advertised minimum qualifications must include all eligible candidates, consistent with NCTE regulations.
The Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is a mandatory qualification for all candidates seeking appointment as teachers in elementary education, effective from the notification date of 23.08.2010, and can....
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