12th Dec., 2025 In the High Court at Calcutta Item no.D/L 16 Court No. 18 Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Pradip, A.R.(Ct.)

Appellate Side Case No. WPA 28301 of 2025 In the matter of :

Subhasish Halder …. Petitioner VS.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

….Respondents For the Petitioner:

Mr. Sakti Pada Jana ….Advocates For the WBCSSC:

Mr. Kalyan Kr. Bandopadhyay Mr. Biswaroop Bhattacharjee Mr. Arka Kr. Nag Mr. Rahul Kr. Singh ….Advocates For the State:

Mr. Sirsanya Bandopadhyay Mr. Vivekananda Bose Mr. Sandip Das Gupta Mr. Subhra Nag Ms. Mahima Cholera Mr. Niket Ojha ….Advocates

1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record.

2. The petitioner claims to be a hundred percent blind candidate. He applied for recruitment in the 2^nd SLST-2025 for Classes- ‘XI’ & category by paying the application fee meant for reserved category candidates. The petitioner was permitted to appear in the written help of a scribe. Despite the same the Commission treated the candidature of the petitioner under the general category. The petitioner is aggrieved by the same.

3. Reliance has been placed on the judgment delivered by this Bench on 27^th November, 2025 in WPA 26937 of 2025 in the matter of Som