16th Feb., 2026 In the High Court at Calcutta Item no.D/L 52 Court No. 18 Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Pradip, A.R.(Ct.)

Appellate Side Case No. WPA 12896 of 2024 In the matter of :

Father Joy Cyprian D’Souza …. Petitioner VS.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

….Respondents For the Petitioner:

Mr. Soumen Dutta Mr. Bidyut Kumar Bhattacharyya Mr. Priyam Misra Ms. Ankita Misra Mr. Sanket Chanda ….Advocates For the State:

Mr. Moloy Kumar Singh Ms. Neelam Singh ….Advocates

1. The petitioner is a retired teacher. He retired from service on attaining his normal age of superannuation on 30^th September, 2015. He alleges that he has not been paid his pension properly as the service rendered by him in the DA getting school was not counted by the authority as pensionable service.

2. Prayer has been made to direct the respondents to count his past service in the DA getting school for ascertaining the period of his pensionable service.

3. Reliance has been placed on the judgment dated 24^th August, 2017 passed in WPA 17597 of 2017 in the matter of Silpi Bose Vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. in support of the submission that the period spent by the teacher in a DA getting school is to be taken up for con