WPA/12818/2026 of ADITI GHOSH Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. on 22 September 2026

1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record.

2. The petitioner prays for higher scale of pay on enhancement of his educational qualification.

3. The petitioner, in support of his entitlement for higher scale of pay, relies on the judgment delivered by the Special Bench of this Court on February 7, 2024 in the matter of Utpal Kanti Karan & Ors. –vs- State of West Bengal & Ors. reported in 2024 SCC Online 1274.

4. The petitioner submits that his case is covered by the ratio laid down in the aforesaid judgment.

5. As it appears that the prayer of the petitioner seeking higher scale of pay was forwarded by the school and is pending consideration at the end of the District Inspector of Schools (Secondary Education), Purba Burdwan, hence without entering into the merits of the claim of the petitioner, the instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the concerned District Inspector of Schools to consider and dispose of the petitioner’s application in accordance with law and in line with the law laid down by the Court in the above- mentioned judgment, after giving reasonable opportunity of hearing to the petitioner at the earliest but positively within twelve weeks from the date of communication of this order.

6. If the prayer of the petitioner is allowed, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken.

7. Learned counsel for the petitioner shall forward a copy of the representation to the school dated 28th February, 2025 along with all supporting documents to the District Inspector of Schools at the time of communicating this order.

8. All parties shall act on the basis of a 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 on compliance of all requisite formalities.

(Amrita Sinha, J.)