Sandip Chakravarti and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
FMA 214 of 2025 (connected CAN 1 of 2025), Sandip Chakravarti & Ors. v. The State of West Bengal & Ors., decided 11.04.2025 by Soumen Sen and Smita Das De, JJ. Appeal against Single Judge order dated 12.11.2024 refusing to direct the State/West Bengal Central School Service Commission to advertise and commence Assistant Teacher recruitment (1st SLST 2016, Classes IX-XII), which was pending before the Supreme Court. After the Supreme Court's disposal of the matter on 03.04.2025 (per appellants' submission), the Bench held timing of the selection process is for the State to decide per the Supreme Court's directions. Court reserved (did not decide) whether dismissal precludes enforcement of Memo no.238SE(LAW)/SL/5S-177/2024. Appeal and connected application dismissed; no costs.
What did the court decide?
The Court found no reason to interfere with the order passed by the learned Single Judge.