1. Affidavit-of-service is taken on record.

2. The petitioner by way of the present writ petition, challenges the order dated 19.11.2024 passed by the Mission Director, West Bengal State Urban Livelihood Mission and Director, State Urban Development Agency, whereby the petitioner’s prayer for reinstatement to a contractual post under the respondent-municipality was rejected. While rejecting the prayer the authority granted liberty to the petitioner to apply for a suitable position, if and when any post is published subject to fulfillment of all necessary procedures and criteria, the case of the petitioner shall be considered in accordance with law.

3. This is the second round of litigation. The petitioner was initially engaged as a ‘Community Organizer’ of Arambag Municipality under the erstwhile programme of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY) presently known as National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) in the year 1999. She was re- designated as a ‘Town Project Officer’ and later re- designated as ‘Assistant Project Officer’ on temporary basis with effect from 13.07.2016. Her services were discontinued with effect from November, 2017. The petitioner challenged her terminati