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Dr Satrughna Singh v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

Calcutta HC21 Jan 2021WPA/11299/2020

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In WPA 11299 of 2020, the High Court directed the Secretary, Higher Education Department, West Bengal, to consider the petitioner's pending representation and hold a hearing. The Secretary was ordered to produce a reasoned order within eight weeks, allowing the petitioner to submit documents. The petition was disposed of without costs.

What did the court decide?

Directed Secretary to consider representation, grant hearing, and pass a reasoned order within eight weeks.

Dr Satrughna Singh Vs State of West Bengal and Ors. — Service and Employment | Calcutta HC (2021)

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7 21.01.2021. jks Ct. 15

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WPA 11299 of 2020

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Dr. Satrughna Singh. Vs The State of West Bengal & Ors.

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Mr. Subir Sanyal, Mr. S. Basu, Mr. S. Ghosh, …For the Petitioner. Mr. Swapan Kumar Datta, Mr. Tapas Kumar Dey, …For the State. Mrs. Supriya Dubey Chakraborty, …For the respondent No.4.

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Mr. Sanyal, learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that a representation (at page 50 annexure P-3) has been made by the petitioner way back on 1^st December, 2020 but the same has not been considered by the Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal till date.

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Learned Counsel appearing for the State is present.

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Heard all the parties.

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The Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal is requested to consider the representation of the petitioner. The writ petitioner is directed to serve a copy of this order along with the writ petition to the Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal. The Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal is

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requested to give an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and to allow the petitioner to produce all the relevant documents including the order passed by His Lordship Hon’ble Justice Arindam Sinha dated 14^th February, 2018 in W.P.166 (W) of 2018 at the time of hearing and, thereafter, the Ld. Secretary will pass a reasoned order within eight weeks from the date of communication of this order to him. The Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal is also requested to communicate the reasoned order to the petitioner at an earliest.

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The writ petition being WPA 11299 of 2020 is accordingly disposed of.

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There will be no order as to costs.

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Since no affidavit have been invited, the allegations made in the writ petition are deemed to have been denied.

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Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be made available to the parties upon compliance with the requisite formalities.

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(Rajarshi Bharadwaj, J.)

Dr Satrughna Singh v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

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