WPA/30327/2026 of IMRAN SK Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. on 15 October 2026

1. The petitioner has filed the present writ application with two grievances, 1) being aggrieved with the deletion of the name of the petitioner from the voter list, the petitioner has preferred an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal but the Tribunal has not considered the appeal and till date the appeal is pending before the Appellate Tribunal and prayed for a direction upon the Appellate Tribunal for disposal of the appeal filed by the petitioner as early as possible; and 2) the petitioner has participated in the recruitment process for the post of constable in the West Bengal Police, 2024 and the petitioner has been provisionally selected for the post of the Constable but due to the deletion of the name of the petitioner from the voter list, the authorities are not completing the verification with regard to the petitioner’s candidature, due to which the petitioner is not getting the order of appointment and only after getting the order of

appointment, the petitioner has to go for the Constable training. He prays for a direction upon the authorities to pending disposal of appeal before the Appellate Tribunal, the verification may be completed and the petitioner may be given provisional order of appointment so that the petitioner can go for the training for the post of Constable.

2. This Court finds that the name of the petitioner has been deleted from the voter list. The petitioner has already preferred an appeal before the Appellate and the same is still pending.

3. In view of the above, the Appellate Tribunal is requested to consider and dispose of the appeal filed by the petitoner as early as possible, preferably within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of this order.

4. The petitioner has been provisionally selected for the post of Constable in the West Bengal Police but due to the deletion of the name of the petitioner from the voter list, the authorities are not conducting the verification of the petitioner’s candidature. The competent authority is directed to complete the verification of the petitioner provisionally, pending disposal of appeal before the Appellate Tribunal. If the petitioner is otherwise eligible may be allowed to go for the training, pending disposal of the appeal filed by the petitioner before the Appellate Tribunal.

5. It is made clear that if the petitioner fails to succeed before the Appellate Tribunal and if any order of appointment is given to the petitioner, the authorities are

at liberty to take appropriate steps for cancellation of the order of appointment of the petitioner.

6. Accordingly, WPA 30327 of 2026 is disposed of.

7. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

8. Urgent Photostat certified copy, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with all formalities.

(Krishna Rao, J.)