20.01.2026 Ct. No. 11 rrc FMA 1205 of 2024 with IA No. CAN 1 of 2024 (Santa Kumari Shil @ Sil Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors.)

Mr. Dilip Kumar Maity …. For the appellant Mr. Supriyo Chattopadhyay Mr. Pinaki Bhattacharyya …… For the State respondents Dr. Sutanu Kumar Patra Ms. Supriya Dubey …… For the W.B.C.S.S.C. Ms. Koyeli Bhttacharyya Mr. Bibek Dutta …… For the W.B.B.S.E.

This intra-court appeal has been preferred questioning the legality of the order dated 20th August, 2024 passed in WPA 9309 of 2023, whereby the writ petition was dismissed on account of its belated presentation Briefly stated, the facts leading to the institution of the present appeal are that the writ petitioner/appellant (hereinafter referred to as ‘the appellant’) participated in the 12th Regional Level Selection Test (in short, RLST), 2011, as an untrained female Scheduled Caste, non-in-service candidate for appointment to the post of Assistant Teacher in Hindi (Pass) in Non-Government Aided Hindi-medium Secondary Schools.

Almost eleven years thereafter, in the year 2022, she made an application under the relevant provisions of the Right to Information Act before the competent authority seeking informatio