Calcutta High Court
WPA/28254/2025 of AMBIKA DAS Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. on 23 September 2026
Court No.24 SD IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION WPA 28254 of 2025 Ambika Das Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Manik Kundu Mr. Janardan Mandal … for the Petitioner. Mr. Sukumar Bhattacharyya Ms. Oindrila Chatterjee Ms. Subhangi Bhattacharya
S/L 37
23.09.2026
Court No.24
SD
IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION
WPA 28254 of 2025
Ambika Das
Vs.
The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. Manik Kundu
Mr. Janardan Mandal
… for the Petitioner.
Mr. Sukumar Bhattacharyya
Ms. Oindrila Chatterjee
Ms. Subhangi Bhattacharya
… for the Respondent No.8.
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1. Affidavit of service filed in the Court today be kept with the records.
2. The petitioner claims to be the wife of the deceased teacher. She prays for grant of family pension.
3. Learned advocate representing the private respondent produces a copy of the order dated April 29, 2025 issued by the District Inspector of Schools (SE), Purba Bardhaman wherefrom it appears that the DI arranged for a hearing and heard the submissions made on behalf of the petitioner as well as the private respondent who also claims to be the wife of the deceased teacher. After hearing both the parties, the DI opined that the private respondent would be entitled to receive family pension.
4. It has been submitted that the order of the DI has already been given effect to and the private respondent is receiving family pension.
5. It appears that the prayer of the petitioner stood rejected by the DI and the claim of the private
2 respondent has been accepted. The order of the DI has not been challenged.
6. In view of the above, no relief can be granted to the petitioner in the instant case. The writ petition fails and is hereby dismissed.
7. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.
8. Certified server copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities.
(Amrita Sinha, J.)