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

The Hon’ble Justice Rai Chattopadhyay WPA 15931 of 2017 Dipak Kumar Duley Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Sourav Prasanna Mukherjee :

For the State Mr. Pinaki Dhole : Mr. Rajat Dutta Heard on : 23/04/2025 Judgment on : 23/04/2025 Rai Chattopadhyay, J. :-

1) An order of the District Inspector of Schools, Secondary Education, Bankura dated February 10, 2017 is under challenge in the instant writ petition.

2) The writ petitioner is the Assistant Teacher of Purandarpur High School, Bankura in Social Science group. He has been recommended by the West Bengal Regional School Service Commission (Western Region), Bankura for appointment as a Pass Graduate category Teacher on January 25, 2001 and according to the same has been appointed in the said school as a Pass Graduate category Assistant Teacher on February 5, 2001.

3) With permission of the Managing Committee of the School, the petitioner took admission in M.Sc. course for the subject Geography, in January 2009, through distance course at Vinayak Mission University. The academic session was for 2009 to 2011. The petitioner has ulti