14.7. 2025 item No.13 n.b.

ct. no. 24 WPA 11496 of 2025 Krishna Pada Jana Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Subhamoy Bhattacharya, Mr. Arkadipta Sengupta, Mr. Shankar Mukherjee, ….. for the petitioner.

Mr. S. Majumdar, Ms. Somashree Dey, …… for the State.

Mr. Ram Anand Agarwala, Ms. Nibedita Pal, Mr. Ananda Gopal Mukherjee, Ms. Sonam Ray, Ms. Nasrin Khatoon, ….. for the respondent.

Petitioner applied for licence in terms of vacancy notification dated May 13, 2024 issued by the Sub-

Divisional Controller, Food & Supply, Jhangram.

It is the contention of petitioner that after he submitted online application, his proposed shop cum godown was inspected by the concerned authority but though he was a suitable candidate the private respondent was granted licence though he is not eligible to hold the licnece.

At the initiation, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the private respondent raised point of maintainability of the instant writ petition.

Mr. Agarwala, learned counsel for the private respondent submits that the petitioner though challenged the selection of private respondent but never pray for any relief on behalf of him (the petitioner). He submits that petitioner only asked for issu