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Roushan Mandal v. the State of West Bengal Service through the Principal Secretary

Calcutta HC5 Oct 2023MAT/76/2023

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The High Court allowed the appeal against an order permitting appointment proceedings, noting lack of clarity on candidate eligibility and the absence of a relevant Science faculty. It directed the University to issue a clarificatory advertisement specifying requisite qualifications and constitute a Selection Committee apprised of the syllabus, while entitling the appellant to participate in the i

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Impugned order set aside; University directed to issue clarificatory advertisement within two weeks and constitute a Selection Committee apprised of the syllabus; appellant entitled to participate in

Roushan Mandal Vs the State of West Bengal Service… — Service and Employment | Calcutta HC (2023)

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Item-6. 05-10-2023

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MAT 76 of 2023 CAN 1 of 2023

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Roushan Mandal Ct. 8 Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors.

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Mr. Bhaskar Ch. Manna, Adv. Mr. Biswajit Manna, Adv. …for the appellant Mr. Arunanshu Chakraborty, Adv. Ms. Geniya Mukherjee, Adv. …for the University Mr. Tapas Kr. Mandal, Adv. …for the State Mr. Anik Kr. Gupta, Adv. …for the UGC

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The appeal is directed against the order dated 30^th November, 2022 passed by the learned Single Judge in a writ petition filed by the appellant.

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In view of the fact that the person selected having Master Degree in Environmental Science has resigned and the said post is presently vacant due to lack of clarity on behalf of the University with regard to the eligibility of the candidates for appointment to the post of Assistant Teacher in Environmental Studies, we permit the respondent University to issue an advertisement immediately making it clear that the candidates should have a broad understanding to the social, political and historical facets of environmental challenges with focus on policy, law and sociality aspect of these challenges as it adequately reflected from the course structure disclosed by the University in this proceeding.

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It is an admitted position that the Rabindra Bharati University has no Science faculty of the said Environmental

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Studies and was intending to cater to the subjects mentioned in the said course structure which does not refer to any subjects covered by the Environment Science.

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The Selection Committee to be constituted shall also be apprised of the syllabus in order to enable the said Selection Committee to select a suitable candidate.

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In view thereof, the impugned order is set aside.

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The University shall take steps to make advertisement within two weeks from date in terms of this order.

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The writ petitioner being an MA in Environmental Studies shall be entitled to participate in the said interview.

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With the aforesaid directions, the appeal and the application are disposed of.

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Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities.

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(Uday Kumar, J.) (Soumen Sen, J.)

Roushan Mandal v. the State of West Bengal Service through the Principal Secretary

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