IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay W.P.A. 6663 of 2018 Ajit Kumar Gond -Vs-

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Sanjib Bandyopadhyay For the State : Mr. Jahar Lal De, Ld. AGP Mr. Debarati Sen (Bose)

For the Respondent No.5 : Mr. Pinaki Ranjan Chakraborti Heard on : 10.07.2025 Judgment on : 24.10.2025 Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.:-

1. The petitioner has approached this Hon’ble Court invoking its extraordinary constitutional writ jurisdiction, seeking issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents to set aside and/or quash the impugned order no. 201 dated 27.04.2018 passed by the Learned District Judge, Nadia, whereby the junior-most Grade-I Bench Clerk, Shri Asim Kumar Mallack, was promoted to the post of District Sheristadar, thereby superseding the legitimate claim of the petitioner, who stood senior in gradation and had an unblemished service record spanning over three decades.

2. The factual substratum of the case reveals that the petitioner, after undergoing a due process of selection, joined the establishment of the District Judge’s Court, Krishnanag