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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
MADHURESH PRASAD, PRASENJIT BISWAS
Soumya Kanti Biswas – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent
Judgment :
Madhuresh Prasad, J.
1. The writ petitioner was the applicant before the West Bengal State Administrative Tribunal (hereinafter in short referred to as the Tribunal). His Original Application (OA) bearing number 423 of 2024, was rejected by the Tribunal by its order dated 15.05.2025, which is the subject matter of the present Writ Petition.
2. The factual background to filing of the OA is that the applicant was diagnosed with Mild Cerebral Palsy with Right Sided Hemiparesis when he was four years of age. The diagnosis continued consistently throughout the petitioner’s life thereafter.
3. The first certificate of disability was issued on 22.10.1998, certifying petitioner’s disability to the extent of 55 per cent. The next certificate containing consistent certification of the same disability and to the same extent is dated 20.11.2004. Both certificates are issued by the District Hospital, Howrah. The second certificate dated 20.11.2004 was issued by a board of four doctors when the petitioner was ten years of age.
4. After the petitioner crossed 20 years of age, the third certificate also certified the petitioner’s disability and its extent (55 per cent). The same was issued o
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