HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI

01.08.2025 Court No. 02 Item No. 55 (Suvendu W.P.A. 1315 of 2025 Jayabrata Roy -Versus-

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Ali Ahsan Alamgir Mr. Arijit Ghosh …for the petitioner Ms. Bedashruti Bose Mr. Sandip Guha Roy …..for the State respondents Ms. Prerna Mitra ….for the DPSC, Cooch Behar

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

2) By presenting this writ petition, petitioner has prayed for grant of notional benefits from February, 2017 though petitioner was appointed as a primary teacher in October, 2021 on being selected in 2016 selection process conducted by the concerned respondent authority. In support of such claim, reliance is placed on the order passed by a Coordinate Bench dated 24^th July, 2024 in a writ petition being WPA 28334 of 2023 (Sumitra Saha & Ors. Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors.) wherein Coordinate Bench directed respondent authorities to grant notional benefits to the petitioners in that writ petition from February, 2017 though petitioners were appointed in September, 2022.

3) According to the petitioner in the present case, he is similarly circumstanced like the petitioner