Form No. J (1)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA (CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION)

APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Biswajit Basu.

W.P.A. 29050 of 2024 MANASHI PAUL -Vs-

THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS.

For the petitioners : Mr. Ashis Kumar Chowdhury, Mr. Biswarup Biswas, Mr. Babhru Bahan Bera, Mr. Avisek Chatterjee.

For the State : Mr.Supriyo Chattopadhyay(Ld.AGP), Ms. Sayantanee Bhattacharjee.

For the WBCSSC. : Dr. Sutanu Kumar Patra, Ms. Supriya Dubey Heard on : 01.07.2025 Judgment on : 09.07.2025 Biswajit Basu, J.:

1. The issue falls for consideration in the instant writ petition is whether the petitioner was overage as on the date of making online application to participate in the 1st State Level Selection Test, 2016(‘1st SLST, 2016’ in short)

for recruitment of Assistant Teachers, in Upper Primary Level of Schools.

2. The undisputed facts necessary to address the said issue are thus; the petitioner had applied to take the Teacher Eligibility Test (‘TET’ in short) 2013 to participate in the 13thRegional Level Selection Test(‘13th RLST’ in short) but neither the TET 2013 nor the 13th RLST was held, however, the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (the ‘Commission’ in shor