15.01.2025 Court No.23 DL – 10 (PP)

In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA 25140 of 2023 Banalata Mahata versus The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Debashis Banerjee .… for the petitioner.

Mr. Jyoti Prakash Chatterjee, Ms. Paramita Pal ….for DVC.

Exception to the report filed is taken on record.

The petitioner participated in a selection process for engagement of Accredited Social Health Activist (in short, ‘ASHA’) in terms of a notice for engagement dated 20th April, 2022. The Sub-Centre for which the petitioner applied is Bisri under Manbazar-I. The petitioner was the first wait-listed candidate. The respondent no.4 has been selected and engaged. The petitioner says that the respondent no.4 is a resident of Inchadi and not that of Inchadi-Tentla. The engagement of the respondent no.4, therefor, according to the petitioner, is contrary to the advertisement and the settled procedure laid down for appointment of ASHA. The petitioner says that only the residents specified in the advertisement are entitled to be engaged for a particular sub-centre corresponding to the same.

In the instant case, the respondent no.4, being a resident of Inchadi canno