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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE WPA 27945 of 2025 Chandra Biswas v.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Wasif Ali Mandal Mr. Subrata Mukherjee … For the petitioner Mr. Debapriya Chatterjee Ms. Amrita Tewari … For the State Mr. Kunal Ganguly … For the WBBSE

1. Perused the instruction forwarded by the District Inspector of Schools (Secondary Education), Barrackpore, North 24-Parganas signed on 9^th February, 2026. It appears therefrom that the petitioner has been placed in an English medium school on temporary basis to manage the crisis of teacher in Work Education.

2. Specific case of the petitioner is that she is not fluent in English language and it is not possible for her to manage the students of English medium school.

3. Learned advocate for the petitioner has produced a list of four Bengali medium schools where there is vacancy in the Work Education subject.

to apply his mind and take a decision considering the difficulty faced by a Bengali medium student to handle classes in English medium school.

5. The subject of the petitioner may be Work Education but she is supposed to speak in English in an English medium sc