For the petitioner : Mr. Chandra Sekhar Banerjee Mr. Shamit Dutta Ms. Madhumita Saha For the State : Ms. Jayeeta Sinha Mr. Sandip Mandal Heard on : 03.07.2025 Judgment on : 03.07.2025 JAY SENGUPTA, J:

This is an application, inter alia, praying for release of House Rent Allowance, current and arrears, in favour of the petitioner.

Affidavit of service filed on behalf of the petitioner is taken on record.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is an approved Assistant Teacher in English Language at Krishnapur Jadunath Madhab Chandra High School. The spouse of the petitioner being an employee of a private company is receiving House Rent Allowance (HRA) as a separate engagement. The concerned authority relying on the Memorandum of the Finance Department (Audit Branch), Government of West Bengal bearing No.5839-F(P) dated July, 09, 2012 and the Corrigendum Memorandum thereto bearing No.8012- F(p2)/FA/O/2m/206/17(N.B.) dated December 27, 2018, stopped the payment of HRA to the petitioner since August, 2014. A Coordinate Bench of this Court by the judgment dated March 16, 2021 passed in WPA 1389 of 2018 (Mousumi Biswas & Ors. State of West B