02.01.2026

Ct. No.18

pg.

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

WPA 28433 of 2025

Chaitali Ghosh

v.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Shuvro Prokash Lahiri

Mr. Rajesh Naskar Mr. Ankan Mondal

… For the petitioner

Mr. Sirsanya Bandopadhyay, Sr. SC

Mr. Sandip Das Gupta

Ms. Mahima Chobera

Mr. Niket Ojha

… For the respondent no.2

Mr. Rajershi Basu Mr. K.M. Hossain

… For the State

Mr. Kalyan Bandopadhyay, Sr. Advocate

Mr. Biswaroop Bhattacharjee

Mr. Arka Kumar Nag

Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh

… For the WBCSSC

1. Affidavit of service filed in Court is taken on

record.

2. The petitioner participated in the 2nd State

Level Selection Test, 2025 declaring herself to be a

member of the reserved category.

3. She is aggrieved as the West Bengal Central

School Service Commission considered her candidature

under the ‘General Category’.

4. According to the petitioner, she qualified

under the category OBC-A, OBC-B and OBC-Female,

but she is one mark short of the cut-off marks in respect of general category candidates.

5. The petitioner contends that her caste sub-

category got changed in view of the change made by the Labour Department. The petitioner initially declared herself to be a member of the G