For the petitioner : Ms. Debjani Sengupta Ms. Koyel Bag For the State : Mr. Susanta Pal Mr. Prabir Kumar Ray Heard on : 10.07.2025 Judgment on : 10.07.2025 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 at Loreto St. Mary’s Girls’ High School (H.S.). The husband of the petitioner being an employee of a private company is receiving House Rent Allowance (HRA) as a separate engagement. The District Inspector of Schools (S.E.), Kolkata, 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. 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 Bengal & Ors.) has quashed the aforementione