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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
SOUMEN SEN, APURBA SINHA RAY
Jakir Hossain Mondal – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Soumen Sen, J.
1. The appellants are aggrieved by the common judgment and order passed by the learned Single Judge on 16th July, 2025 whereby the challenge to the notices dated 5th August, 2024 and 9th August, 2024 issued by the West Bengal Madrasah Service Commission (in short 'WBMSC') had failed. The writ petitions were dismissed. Those writ petitions were heard along with the petitions filed by the interveners in this proceeding. The writ petitions filed by the interveners being WPA No.845 of 2025 and WPA No.1436 of 2025 before the learned Single Judge were allowed.
2. All the writ petitions were heard together and disposed of by the common judgment. In the writ petitions filed by the interveners the grievance was that the WBMSC was delaying the process in completing the recruitment process.
3. Before we advert to the submissions made on behalf of the WBMSC, we briefly narrate the facts which are as follows:
4. In or about 27th March, 2010, an advertisement was issued by the WBMSC in respect of the examination of 1st SLST (NT) Group-D. On 12th November, 2010, the Government of West Bengal Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Department prepared and published a Rule, nam
The court upheld the Commission’s authority to conduct a second written examination to rectify previous evaluation errors, affirming the necessity for fair recruitment practices.
Selection into Judicial Service – Disclosure of marks in main examination before it is finalised and viva-voce conducted, would be against principles of transparency, rather it will invite criticism ....
Public Service Commission - Civil service Examination - Public Service Commission have no power to relax the recruitment norms - Public Service Commission have no power to relax the recruitment norms
The court held that procedural discrepancies and allegations, without substantial evidence of bias or systemic failure, do not merit interference with the integrity of the examination process.
Alteration of recruitment standards post-process violates constitutional fairness prohibitions under Articles 14 and 16.
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