Form No. J(2)

In the High Court at Calcutta

Civil Appellate Jurisdiction

Appellate Side

Present: The Hon’ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya

And

The Hon’ble Justice Supratim Bhattacharya

FMA 1092 of 2012

Goutam Kumar Sasmal

Vs.

State of West Bengal and others

For the appellant : Mr. Amit Baran Dash

For the State : Mr. Tapan Kumar Mukherjee, Sr. Adv., AGP,

Mr. Somnath Naskar

Heard on : 02.12.2025 Judgment on : 02.12.2025

Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.:-

1. Affidavit-in-opposition filed today be kept on record.

2. The writ petitioner challenges an order passed by the learned Single

Judge dated December 15, 2011, whereby the appellant’s writ petition was dismissed. The short backdrop of the case is that the appellant was functioning as the Principal of one Vivekananda Loksiksha

Niketan in the district of Purba Medinipur.

3. The educational qualification of the appellant was initially a Master’s

Degree in History.

4. The said institution was subsequently considered for sponsorship by the State of West Bengal and by a Government Order vide Memo No. 134MEE/Sectt./3’S’-57/04 dated February 08, 2006, the said sponsorship sanction was granted.

5. The appellant argues that the appellant, since already functioning a