Calcutta High Court
WPA/18172/2026 of KAJAL GHORAI AND ANR Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. on 14 October 2026
Item No.5 Subrata Bhattacharyya AR(C) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. WPA No.18172 of 2026 In the matter of : Kajal Ghorai & Anr. …. petitioners VS. The State of West Bengal & Ors. For the Petitioners: Mr. Sudipta Dasgupta
14-10-2026
Item No.5
Subrata
Bhattacharyya
AR(C)
In the High Court at Calcutta
Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction
Appellate Side
Case No.
WPA No.18172 of 2026
In the matter of:
Kajal Ghorai & Anr.
…. petitioners
VS.
The State of West Bengal & Ors.
For the Petitioners:
Mr. Sudipta Dasgupta
Mr. Saikat Sutradhar
….advocates
For the State:
Mr. Soumen Bhattacharjee
….advocate
For the Mission Director:
Md. Sarwar Jahan
Ms. Mousumi Mitra
Ms. Tapati Sarkar
….advocates
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1. The petitioners were initially serving as Sahayak/Sahayika in Shishu Shiksha Kendra. They exercised option to avail the benefit given in favour of Para Teachers.
2. The benefit of Para Teacher to be given to the Sahayak/Sahayika was, on publication of the notification, found to be not beneficial. The petitioners, accordingly, intend to be reverted back to the status of Sahayak/Sahayika and they intend to remain in service till 65 years of age.
3. Various writ petitions on similar facts were considered by the Court and the Court by judgment dated 27th September, 2024 passed in WPA 24808 of 2024 (Antara Pandit & Ors –Vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors.) directed the concerned State authorities including PBRSSM authorities to treat the petitioners as Sahayak/Sahayika and the option submitted by them to be treated as Para Teacher has been directed to be treated as cancelled.
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4. As the facts of the case are similar to the case of Antara Pandit (supra), accordingly, in line with the above judgment, the instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the Mission Director to consider the case of the petitioners for being treated as Sahayak/Sahayika and permit them to remain in service till 65 years of age.
5. No benefit in respect of para-teacher will be allowed in their favour.
6. The writ petition stands disposed of.
7. The receipt showing payment of deficit court fees filed in Court be taken on record.
8. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.
9. Certified server copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)