IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Civil Appellate Jurisdiction APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty &

The Hon’ble Justice Rai Chattopadhyay FMA 1661of 2019 +

IA No.: CAN 2 of 2018 [IA No.: CAN 1429 of 2018] [Stay]

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IA No.: CAN 3 of 2021 The State of West Bengal Versus Professor Parimal Debnath & Ors.

For the Appellant : Mr. Joyak Kumar Gupta, / State For the Writ Petitioners : Mr. Ekramul Bari, /Respondents Applicants Mr. SK. Imtiaj Uddin.

in IA No.: CAN 3 of 2021.

For the UOI/ Respondent No. 35 : Mr. Kumar Jyoti Tewari, Ms. Debjani Ghosal.

Hearing is concluded on : 20^th April, 2026.

Judgment On : 8^th May, 2026.

Tapabrata Chakraborty, J.

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the State of West Bengal through its functionary being the Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education challenging an order dated 31.08.2017 passed by the learned single Judge in the writ petition being WP 18646 (W) of 2015.

2. Records would reveal that the writ petition was preferred primarily praying for issuance of necessary directions upon the respondents to release the revised arrear payment of 80% of the central share for the period from 01.01.2006 to 31.03.2009 and for quashing