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Form No. J.(2)

Item No. DL/4

ARPAN - AR (CT)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction

(Appellate Side)

W.P.A. NO. 29125 OF 2025

SUDEB SHIT

Vs.

THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & OTHERS

BEFORE: THE HON’BLE JUSTICE SAUGATA BHATTACHARYYA

For the Petitioner : Mr. Kartik Kumar Ray, Adv.

Mr. Apurba Kolya, Adv.

For the WBCSSC : Mr. Kalyan Bandopadhyay, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Biswarup Bhattacharya, Adv.

Ms. Pramiti Bandopadhyay, Adv.

Mr. Arka Kumar Nag, Adv.

Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh, Adv.

Hearing concluded on : 22.12.2025

Judgment On : 22.12.2025

SAUGATA BHATTACHARYYA, J.:

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

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2. Matter is heard in presence of the learned advocates representing the

petitioner and the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (for

short, ‘Commission’).

3. Petitioner participated in the selection process for being appointed as

Assistant Teacher in connection with 2^nd State Level Selection Test,

2025 for classes XI-XII by submitting online application form.

4. Learned advocate representing the petitioner submits that though

petitioner is scheduled caste candidate but in online application form

which is at page 22 of the writ petition, petitioner was categorized as

general category candidate. Petitioner prays for direction upon the

concerned authority of the Commission to treat him as scheduled caste

candidate by changing categorization from general to scheduled caste.

5. It is also submitted on behalf of the petitioner that personality test for

the post of Assistant Teacher in Statistics (P.G.) for classes XI-XII is

going on at present and petitioner should be permitted to participate in

the said personality test.

6. Mr. Kalyan Bandopadhyay, learned Senior Advocate representing the

Commission has opposed the writ petition and has submitted that

petitioner at the time of submitting application online did not declare

his category and as per the system followed by the concerned authority

of the Commission, petitioner was treated as general category

candidate.

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7. It is further submitted on behalf of the Commission that on similar

issue several writ petitions were already considered first by the Co-

ordinate Bench and thereafter by the Hon’ble Division Bench. In this

regard reliance is placed on the judgement dated 16^th December, 2025

passed by the Hon’ble Division Bench on an intra-Court appeal being

MAT 2115 of 2025 (The West Bengal Central School Service

Commission & Ors. vs. Somnath Pramanik & Ors.). It is submitted

that in terms of the judgment of the Hon’ble Division Bench dated 16^th

December, 2025, vide public notice dated 16^th December, 2025,

Chairman of the Commission kept the portal alive from 8:30 PM on 16^th

December, 2025 till 8:30 PM on 17^th December, 2025 in order to extend

the opportunity to the similarly circumstanced candidates like the

petitioner to update their category by making access to edit option.

8. According to the Commission, as the present writ petition was filed on

18^th December, 2025, no further opportunity may be extended to the

petitioner taking note of the directions as contained in the judgment of

the Hon’ble Division Bench dated 16^th December, 2025.

9. Having considered the submissions made on behalf of the parties and

taking note of the judgment of the Hon’ble Division Bench dated 16^th

December, 2025, this Court finds it apt to quote paragraphs 18 to 20 of

the judgment dated 16^th December, 2025 below:

“18. In such circumstances, in our view, ends of justice

would be sub-served by requiring the appellants to open

the portal for updating the categorization for the

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candidates who filed writ petitions in this regard upto

2.30 p.m. today, i.e. December 16, 2025. Such portal will

remain open till 6.00 p.m. on December 17, 2025.

19. The authorities will open the portal at 6-00 p.m.

today and keep the same open till 6-00 p.m. on

December 17, 2025.

20. We clarify that this measure is limited to persons

who approached this Court on this issue till 2-30 p.m.

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