IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Harish Tandon &

The Hon’ble Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee MAT 1164 of 2024 With CAN 1 of 2024, CAN 2 of 2024 The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Versus Sk. Obaidullah & Ors.

For the appellants : Mr. T. M. Siddiqui, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Tanoy Chakraborty.

For the respondent : Mr. Ekramul Bari, Md. Mojnu Sk.

For the respondent no. 9 : Mr. Kamalesh Bhattacharyya.

Hearing is concluded on : 12^th February, 2025 Judgment On : 18^th March, 2025 Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, J.

1. The present application has been filed at the behest of the State of West Bengal and its functionaries, seeking the condonation of a delay of 252 days in filing the proposed appeal, which aims to challenge the justifiability of the order dated 5^th September 2023, passed in WPA 25121 of 2016. By this order, the writ petition was disposed of, directing the concerned respondents to approve the appointment of the petitioners as organising teaching and non-teaching staffs of the school. Furthermore, the respondents were directed to disburse the benefits consequential to the approval of their appointment, including current and a