HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION

Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Jay Sengupta

WPA 19195 of 2025

Sohini Barua

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the petitioner: Mr. S.K. Bhattacharyya For the State: Mr. Vivekananda Bose

Mr. Amadipta Sengupta

Heard on: 19.09.2025 Judgment on: 19.09.2025

JAY SENGUPTA, J:

This is an application, inter alia, praying for release of House

Rent Allowance, current and arrears, in favour of the petitioner.

Affidavit of service filed in Court is taken on record.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as

follows. The petitioner is an approved Assistant Teacher at Barasat Binapani High School (H.S.). The spouse of the petitioner being an employee of a private company is receiving House Rent Allowance (HRA) as a separate engagement. The concerned District Inspector of Schools relying on the Memorandum of the Finance Department (Audit Branch), Government of West Bengal bearing No.5839-F(P) dated July,

09, 2012 and the Corrigendum Memorandum thereto bearing No.8012- F(p2)/FA/O/2m/ 206/17(N.B.) dated December 27, 2018, stopped the payment of HRA to the petitioner for a particular period since July, 2025. A Coordinate Bench of this Co