IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Present: - Hon’ble Mr. Justice Subhendu Samanta.

IN THE MATTER OF WPA 7814 of 2025 Ekbar Ali Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors For the Petitioners : Mr. Partha Sarathi Bhattacharyya, Sr. Adv., Mr. Raju Bhattacharyya, Adv., For the Private respondent No 11 : Mr. Niladri Shekhar Ghosh, Adv., Mr. S. Alom, Adv For the State : Ms. Sonal Sinha, Adv., Ms. Munmun Ganguly Adv.

Reserved on : 18.06.2025 Judgment on : 26.06.2025 Subhendu Samanta, J.

1. Petitioner applied for FPS License in terms of vacancy notification being No. – 343/SCF&S/ISP/ 2024 dated 10.05.2024 issued by SCFC Sub-Divisional Controller Food and Supply Islampur.

2. Petitioners application was accepted online, his proposed- shop-cum-godown was inspected. He was called is a personal interview after that the concern authority has selected private respondent and granted him license of the said FPS. By placing this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the selection of private respondent on mainly two score:-

Firstly, petitioner’s godown is far from the advised central location.

Secondly, there is existence of no road in front of the proposed shop-cu