27.01.2026 Item No.01 Court No.11 KCP FMA 256 of 2025 with IA No. CAN 1 of 2024 West Bengal Board of Primary Education & Ors.

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Arun Kumar Das & Ors.

Mr. Subir Sanyal, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Ratul Biswas Mr. Kaushik Chowdhury …for the appellants Mr. Firdous Samim Ms. Gopa Biswas Mr. Rajosik Dutta Mr. Imzamamul Islam Mr. Naman Shah …for the writ petitioner/

respondent The present appeal has been preferred by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (hereinafter referred to as the Board) and its functionaries challenging an order dated 3rd January, 2024 passed by the learned single Judge in the writ petition being WPA 19134 of 2023. The said writ petition was preferred by the writ petitioner, namely, Arun Kumar Das (in short, Arun), primarily praying for the following relief:

‘A Writ of and/or in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondent authorities, each one of them, their servants, agents and/or persons working under them and/or under their directions to treat and place the petitioner under OBC-B category with respect to TET-2022 and declare him as TET, 2022 qualified.’

Upon contested hearing the said writ petition was disposed of directing the Board to treat Arun as a candidate