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10.09.2025 Ct. No. 18

(ARPAN

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction

(Appellate Side)

W.P.A. 5835 OF 2024

ALOK SINHA

VS.

THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & OTHERS

Mr. Kaustav Shome, Adv.

…for the Petitioner

Mr. Ritesh Kumar Ganguly, Adv.

…for the State

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

taken on record.

2. Petitioner by presenting this writ petition, inter alia,

has prayed for sanction of three per cent additional increment for manning the post of Headmaster in

Higher Secondary school.

3. Learned advocate representing the petitioner has relied

upon the judgment of the Hon’ble Division Bench passed on an intra-court appeal being MAT 1002 of Sadhan Bhattacharjee @ Bhattacharyya & Ors.) He also relied upon a judgment dated 15^th January, 2024 passed by a Co-ordinate Bench on a writ petition being WPA 6217 of 2021 (Subir Kumar Ghosh vs.

4. State respondents are represented by learned advocate. 5. Having considered the issue involved in this writ petition, this Court finds that no useful purpose would be sub-served in keeping this writ petition pending.

6. Leave is granted to the petitioner to make a representation to the Commissioner of School Education bein