Suvankar Barik v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Permit application — limitation / debarred period — vacancy notice dated 26.08.2025 for Inter-State Route Cooch Bihar to Ranchi — applications filed 28.08.2025 rejected by STA on 25.11.2025 as within debarred period — fresh applications dated 25.11.2025 — writ disposed of without merits with direction to consider applications, hear parties, and pass reasoned order within six weeks — Reciprocal Transport Agreement referred by State — Calcutta High Court, WPO/22/2026, Justice Smita Das De, order dated 6th February, 2026.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondent authorities to consider the petitioner's two applications dated 25.11.2025, subject to the status of filling up of the vacancies against the Notice dated 26.8.2025, and to pass a reasoned order in accordance with law within six weeks after hearing the petitioner or its representative and other interested parties, if any, and communicate the decision to the petitioner.