In the High Court at Calcutta

Civil Appellate Jurisdiction

Appellate Side

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya

And

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Supratim Bhattacharya

FMA No. 1329 of 2024

With

IA No: CAN 1 of 2025

With

COT No. 75 of 2024

M/s Kultali Food Marketing Private Limited

Vs.

Shyama Self Help Group and others

For the appellant : Mr. Saptansu Basu, Sr. Adv.,

Mr. Ram Anand Agarwala,

Ms. Nibedita Pal,

Mr. Ramesh Dhara

Mr. Ananda Gopal Mukherjee,

Ms. Sonam Roy,

For the respondent : Mr. Debabrata Saha Ray, Sr. Adv.,

Mr. Pingal Bhattacharya,

Mr. Subhankar Das,

Mr. Neil Basu,

Mr. Sankha Biswas,

Mr. Avidipta Paul,

Ms. Oindrila Sarkar

For the State : Mr. Susovan Sengupta, Sr. Govt. Adv.,

Mr. Sanatan Panja

Heard on : 01.09.2025, 04.11.2025

06.11.2025 & 18.11.2025

Hearing concluded on : 18.11.2025 Judgment on : 02.12.2025

Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.:-

1. The genesis of the present lis is a Vacancy Notification (for short, “VN”) dated July 17, 2019 issued by the District Controller, Food and Supplies Department in respect of appointment of Modified Rationing Distributor (MR Distributor) at Jamtalahat, Kultali, District - South 24 Parganas. The appellant and the respondent no.1/cross-objector are contenders for