Form No. J (1)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Biswajit Basu.

W.P.A. 29166 of 2022 Smt. Kananbala Thokdar & ors.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the petitioners: Mr. Kamalesh Bhyattacharyya, Mr. Samim Ul Bari, Mr. Aninda Bhattacharya.

For the State: Mr. Santanu Kumar Mitra, Sr. Govt. Adv, Mr. Amartya Pal.

For the respondent no.5: Mr. P.S. Deb Barman, Mr. Debangana Dey Nayak.

Heard on: 25.04.2025 Judgment on: 30.04.2025 Biswajit Basu, J.

1. The predecessor-in-interest of the petitioners was the Teacher-in-charge of Gangadevi High School, District: Malda(hereinafter referred to as ‘the said teacher’ in short). The said teacher was suspended on the allegation that he has misappropriated a sum of Rs. 4,00,000/-(Rupees Four Lakh only) granted to the school for construction of additional class rooms under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. The said teacher was suspended by the Managing Committee of the said School and the order of suspension was affirmed by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in an appeal preferred by the said teacher, on the said allegation of defalcation of school fund, a criminal case being Chanchal Police Statio