Biswajit Biswas v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
3% additional increment; manning post of Headmaster; Higher Secondary school; Government aided school; representation to Commissioner of School Education; reasoned order after opportunity of hearing; twelve weeks; fortnight; follow ratio; MAT 1002 of 2022; Sri Kali Sadhan Bhattacharjee; intra-court appeal; Division Bench judgment dated 3rd December 2024; WPA 6217 of 2021; Subir Kumar Ghosh; Coordinate Bench judgment dated 15th January 2024; writ petition disposed of; no order as to costs; Biswajit Biswas; State of West Bengal; W.P.A. 11797 of 2025.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner granted leave to make a representation to the Commissioner of School Education, Government of West Bengal, within three weeks claiming 3% additional increment; the Commissioner is directed to decide the claim and pass a reasoned order after granting opportunity of hearing within twelve weeks of receipt of the application, communicate the decision by a fortnight thereafter, and follow the ratios of Sri Kali Sadhan Bhattacharjee (MAT 1002 of 2022, judgment dated 3rd December, 2024) and Subir Kumar Ghosh (WPA 6217 of 2021, judgment dated 15th January, 2024); no order as to costs.