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16.02.2026 Court No. 652 Sayan WPA 13336 of 2025 Kakali Ray Chakraborty Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Sakti Pada Jana … for the Petitioner.

Mr. Pinaki Dhole Mr. Avishek Prasad … for the State.

1. The issue involved in the instant writ petition is whether the petitioner would be eligible for grant of 3 per cent additional increment along with grade pay, as per Rules, consequent upon her appointment as the Headmistress of the respondent/School.

2. The petitioner was initially appointed as an Assistant Teacher in a different school in the same district with effect from July 24, 1987. Subsequently, she joined in the same capacity in the respondent school/Nos. 6 and 7 from May 13, 1988. She has been appointed as the Headmistress of the said school with effect from May 20, 2005. Her appointment was approved by the District Inspector of Schools, Secondary Education, Dakshin Dinajpur /respondent No. 4, duly with effect from the said date.

3. The school has been upgraded with effect from July, 2012 vide letter dated January 19, 2012. Therefore, the petitioner’s pay was refixed as the Headmistress of the said school by allowing her the benefit of 3 per cent additional increments as p