Rimpa Saha and Ors. v. Basanti Barman the Chairperson District Primary School Council Malda and Ors. and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch disposal of eight contempt applications (CPAN 186, 187, 195, 202, 205, 212, 251, 347 of 2025) in W.P.A. Nos. 12411, 11633, 12970, 5161, 11903, 12127 and 10834; respondents include Mrs./Smt. Basanti Barman, Chairperson, District Primary School Council, Malda, and Shri Arup Sengupta, Commissioner of School Education; counsel for DPSC and State submitted appointment letters issued to all 312 writ petitioners, majority joined; contempt applications disposed of, Rule discharged, personal presence dispensed with, no order as to costs; order by Rajasekhar Mantha, J. dated 07.03.2025. Keywords: contempt petition, CPAN, DPSC Malda, District Primary School Council, letters of appointment, writ petitioners, server copy.
What did the court decide?
All eight contempt applications disposed of; Rule, if any, discharged; personal presence of the Commissioner of School Education and the Chairman, DPSC, Malda dispensed with; no order as to costs; parties directed to act on a server copy downloaded from the official website of the Court; non-recipients of appointment letters to contact the Office of the DPSC, with spelling/address/particular errors rectifiable upon due verification.