Arunima Paul vs State of West Bengal

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2025 Supreme(Cal) 508

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
SOUMEN SEN, SMITA DAS DE
Arunima Paul – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : Mr. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Sr.Adv., Mr. Firdous Samim, Adv., Ms. Gopa Biswas, Adv., Mr. Hasanuz Zaman Molla, Adv., Mr. Mainak Ghosal, Adv., Mr. Amitava Deb, Adv.
For the Respondents: Mr. Kishore Datta, Ld. A.G., Mr. Sirsanya Bandopadhyay, Sr. St. Counsel, Mr. Biswabrata Basu Mallick, Ld. AGP., Mr. Vivekananda Bose, Jr. St. Counsel, Mr. Soumen Chatterjee, Adv., Mr. Sandip Das, Adv., Mr. Debayan Sen, Adv., Mr. N. Ojha, Adv., Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya, Adv., Mr. Bibek Datta, Adv., Mr. Kalyan Bandopadhyay, Sr. Adv., Mr. Biswarup Bhattacharya, Adv., Mr. Arka Kumar Nag, Adv., Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh, Adv.

Judgment :

Soumen Sen, J .

1. The appeal is arising out of an order passed by the learned Single Judge on 7th July, 2025 in connection with several writ petitions heard analogously relating to the recruitment process initiated under the notification dated 30th May, 2025 issued by the Secretary of West Bengal Central School Service commission vide Memo no. 1092/7016/CSSC/ESST 2025 and the West Bengal School Service Commission selection for appointment to the post of Assistant Teachers for upper primary level of Classes except work education and physical education classes IX –X and Classes XI-XII Rules of 2025 (hereinafter referred to as “said Rules of 2025”) For the purpose of convenience henceforth West Bengal School Service Commission shall be described as “WBSSC” and West Bengal Central School Service Commission shall be described as “WBCSSC” in abbreviated form.

2. The present appeal is directed against a portion of the impugned order whereby the contention of the appellant that the recruitment process initiated in 2025 on the basis of the said Rules of 2025 could not be made applicable to the present appellants as they are to be considered under the recruitment Rules, 2016 was rej