In W.P.A. No. 65 of 2021, the court directed the Board to allow the petitioner to submit his application form offline by January 8, 2021, enabling his participation in the 2021 recruitment process due to technical glitches.
Petitioner allowed to submit application form offline by 8th January 2021 and participate in recruitment.
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05.01.2021 adeb Sl. 129 Ct. 15
W.P.A. No. 65 of 2021
Prabir Mandal Vs.
The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. Uday Sankar Chattopadhyay Mr. Santanu Maji Mr. Pronoy Basak ..for the petitioner Mr. Subir Sanyal Mr. Ratul Biswas ..for the Board
Learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has qualified in the Teachers Eligibility Tests (TET), but due to technical glitches, the petitioner could not complete online submission of his application as per direction of the notification dated 23rd November, 2020.
Learned Counsel on behalf of the petitioner prays for a direction upon the Board to allow the petitioner to submit the application offline so that he can participate in the recruitment process.
Mr. Gupta, learned senior Counsel is also present.
Considering the submission made by the petitioner, more specifically narrated in paragraphs 10, 11 & 12 of the writ petition, I allow the petitioner to submit his form offline within 8th January, 2021 and to participate in the recruitment process of 2021 subject to fulfilling the conditions of eligibility as per recruitment Rules, 2016.
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The writ petition being WPA No. 65 of 2021 is disposed
of.
There shall, however, be no order as to costs.
Since no affidavit has been invited, the allegations made in the writ petition are not deemed to have been admitted.
Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties on the usual undertakings.
(Rajarshi Bharadwaj, J.)
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the petitioner who qualified in Teachers Eligibility Tests but faced technical glitches during online application submission should be allowed to submit his form offline.
Whether the petitioner can participate in the 2021 recruitment process subject to eligibility conditions.
Prabir Mandal
The State of West Bengal
Rajarshi Bharadwaj
As recorded by the court registry
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