Raunak Hajari Vs State of West Bengal and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Raunak Hajari Vs State of West Bengal and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Directions issued on consent: petitioner to resubmit the representation dated 22.05.2025 with annexed documents and server copy of the order before the Director of Medical Education; the Director to consider the representation and the record including the RTI information dated 04.10.2024, hear affected parties if necessary, pass a final reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law within 60 days of communication of the order, and communicate the outcome to the petitioner.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Director of Medical Education should be directed to consider and decide the petitioner's representation dated 22.05.2025 by passing a reasoned and speaking order within a stipulated time.

Court's answer

With the consent of the parties arrived at during the course of hearing, the PIL is disposed of with directions rather than adjudication on merits.

Ratio / Principle

The petitioner is to resubmit the representation dated 22.05.2025 with the annexed documents and a server copy of the order; the Director of Medical Education is to consider it along with the relevant record including the RTI information dated 04.10.2024, accord an opportunity of hearing to affected parties if necessary, take a final decision in accordance with law within 60 days from communication of the order, and communicate the outcome to the petitioner.

Key takeaways

The PIL is disposed of without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case.ratio¶15

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Public interest litigation (WPA(P) 566 of 2025, Dr. Raunak Hajari v. The State of West Bengal and others) was disposed of at the consent of the parties without any adjudication on merits. The Court directed the petitioner to resubmit his representation dated 22.05.2025, with the documents annexed to the petition and a server copy of the order, before the Director of Medical Education. The Director was directed to consider the representation and peruse the relevant record, including the record mentioned in the RTI information dated 04.10.2024 (annexure P-2), accord an opportunity of hearing to the parties affected if necessary, take a final decision in accordance with law by passing a reasoned and speaking order within 60 days from the date of communication of the order, and communicate the outcome to the petitioner. Bench: Sujoy Paul, C.J. and Partha Sarathi Sen, J. Decided January 22, 2026.

January 22, 2026 Sl. No.22 Court No.1 s.biswas

WPA(P) 566 of 2025

Dr. Raunak Hajari

vs. The State of West Bengal and others

Mr. Ekramul Bari Mr. Sudip Ghosh Mr. Sk. Imtiaj Uddin Mr. Bidish Ghosh ... for the petitioner Mr. Amal Kr. Sen Mr. Lal Mohan Basu ... for the State Mr. Koushik Chatterjee ... for the respondent no.2 Mr. Dhilon Sengupta Mr. Ayan Chakraborty Mr. Saikat Mallick ... for the respondent no.8

Per, Sujoy Paul, C.J.

Affidavit of service filed on behalf of the petitioner is taken on record.

Mr. Sudip Ghosh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Amal Kr. Sen, learned counsel for the State, Mr. Koushik Chatterjee, learned counsel for the respondent no.2 and Mr. Dhilon Sengupta, learned counsel for the respondent 8, are heard with the consent.

During the course of hearing, parties agreed that this PIL may be disposed of by directing the Director of Medical Education to decide the representation dated 22.05.2025 by passing a reasoned and speaking order within stipulated time and in view of such consensus arrived at, present PIL is disposed of with following directions:

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i) The petitioner shall resubmit the representation dated 22.05.2025 along with relevant documents which are annexed with this petition before the said Director along with server copy of this order.

ii) The said Director shall consider the representation and peruse the relevant record including the record mentioned in the RTI information dated 04.10.2024 (annexure P-2). If necessary he shall accord opportunity of hearing to the parties affected.

iii) The said Director shall take final decision in accordance with law on the said representation within 60 days from the date of communication of this order.

iv) The outcome of such consideration shall be communicated to the petitioner.

The PIL is disposed of without expressing any opinion on merits of the case.

(Sujoy Paul, C.J.)

(Partha Sarathi Sen, J.)