Allowed

Prasanta Kumar Saha and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

Calcutta HC16 Aug 2024WPA/20469/2024

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Petitioners, primary school teachers, sought 'A' category pay scale from June 2006 upon completing PTTI course. Relying on a coordinate bench order, the court directed recalculation and payment of the same within twelve weeks.

What did the court decide?

Direction to District Inspector of Schools (PE), Birbhum to recalculate pay and grant 'A' category pay scale benefit from June 2006 within twelve weeks.

Prasanta Kumar Saha and Ors. Vs State of West Bengal… — Service and Employment | Calcutta HC (2024)

¶1

65 16.08.2024 KB

¶2

In The High Court At Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side

¶3

W.P.A. 20469 of 2024

¶4

Sri Prasanta Kumar Saha & Ors.

¶5

-versus

¶6

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

¶7

Mr. Bhagbat Chaudhuri, Mr. Monojit Chatterjee, …For the Petitioners.

¶8

Mrs. Sumita Sen

¶9

…For the Council.

¶10

Mr. Bhaskar Prasad Vaisya, Mr. Sagnik Chatterjee …For the State.

¶11

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

¶12

The petitioners are primary school teachers. According to the petitioners, they ought to be paid the ‘A’ category scale of pay on and from the date they completed the one year PTTI course in June 2006. The petitioners were given the benefit of ‘A’ category scale of pay from a later date.

¶13

Whether a teacher who completed the one year PTTE course would be entitled to ‘A’ category scale of pay from June 2006 came up for consideration before this Court in various matters and the Court was pleased to observe that the teacher concerned would be entitled to get the ‘A’ category scale of pay from June 2006.

¶14

¶15

The petitioners rely upon the order dated 13^th June, 2024 passed by a coordinate Bench in WPA 13157 of 2024 in the matter of Tapas Kumar Majhi –vsThe State of West Bengal & Ors. wherein the Court directed payment of ‘A’ category scale of pay to the petitioners with effect from June 2006.

¶16

The petitioners pray for similar relief.

¶17

Accordingly, the instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the District Inspector of Schools (PE), Birbhum to recalculate the pay of the petitioners by giving the benefit of ‘A’ category pay scale on and from June 2006 at the earliest but positively within twelve weeks from the date of communication of this order and the benefit shall be disbursed immediately thereafter.

¶18

Receipt showing payment of deficit court fees be retained with the record.

¶19

The writ petition stands disposed of.

¶20

Urgent certified photocopy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties expeditiously on compliance of usual legal formalities.

¶21

( Amrita Sinha, J.)

Prasanta Kumar Saha and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Prasanta Kumar Saha and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

What the court decided

A compact analysis

Issues for consideration

Cases cited

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

Shree Balaji Texspin Private Limited and Ors. Vs State Bank of India Ors.

Chandra Sekhar Bag Vs State of West Bengal and Ors.

Kabita Biswas Vs State of West Bengal & Ors.

Sumanta Kumar Das Vs State of West Bengal and Ors.

Sunil Chandra Mandal Vs the State of West Bengal and Ors.

Brahamananda Sandhaki Vs State of West Bengal and Ors.