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Samar Kumar Singh v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

Calcutta HC7 Nov 2025FMA/493/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Samar Kumar Singh v. The State of West Bengal and others; FMA 493 of 2025; appeal dismissed 07.11.2025; Conservancy Mazdoor recruitment; K.M.C. selection process challenged by a participant; physical fitness test timings (2 minutes 16 seconds v. 1 minute 54 seconds; Munshi Rabidas); Municipal Service Commission report; participant cannot question selection terms and conditions; Single Bench order 07.02.2025 upheld, no interference; connected applications dismissed; interim orders vacated.

What did the court decide?

A person participating in a selection process cannot turn around and question the terms and conditions stipulated in that selection process. ¶13

Samar Kumar Singh Vs State of West Bengal and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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07.11.2025 Court No.13 Item No.21 pk FMA 493 of 2025

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Samar Kumar Singh Vs.

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The State of West Bengal and others

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Mr. Nirmalya Ray

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… for the appellant.

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Mr. Alak Kumar Ghosh, Ms. Piyali Sengupta

… for the K. M. C.

Mr. Swapan Banerjee,

Mr. Diptendu Narayan

… for the State.

Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya … for the W.B. Municipal Service Commission.

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The appellant is aggrieved by an order dated 07.02.2025 passed by the Single Bench of this Court. Challenge in the writ petition was to selection process of Conservancy Mazdoor under the K. M. C. The appellant has questioned certain criteria in the advertised selection process.

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This Court firstly notices that a person participating in the selection process cannot turn around and question the terms and conditions stipulated in a selection process.

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The Single Bench has received a report from the Municipal Service Commission. The Commission has clearly stated that the appellant took 2 minutes and 16 seconds to complete the physical fitness test in the general category as opposed to the last candidate in the said category, namely, Munshi Rabidas who took

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1 minute 54 seconds. The writ petitioners cannot have any grievance in respect of any of the other categories in which the recruitment was effected. Even assuming for the sake of argument that the writ petitioner may have such grievance, the last selected candidate in each of the other categories has beaten the appellant by more than a minute in the physical test.

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