Arun Kumar Santra And ORS v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

In The High Court At Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side W.P.A. 3866 of 2022 Arun Kumar Santra & Ors.

VS The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Ritam Chowdhury ..... for the petitioners Mr. Ratul Biswas ... for the Board Mr. Sauvik Nandy Mr. U. K. Jana ....... For NCTE Mr. Swapan Kumar Dutta Mr. Pradyut Kumar Das ... for the State Learned advocate for the petitioners seeks leave to Court No. 24 08.04.2022 (Item No. 16) (AB) withdraw the writ petition as the writ petition has not been filed in proper form and the necessary prayers are also missing.

It appears that the writ petition was filed by as many as nine petitioners by depositing only one court fee. Leave to withdraw the writ petition is allowed subject to payment of costs of Rs.5,000/- (rupees five thousand only) to be deposited by the petitioners within 22nd April, 2022 in the office of the State Legal Service Authority.

It is made clear that in the event the aforesaid costs is not paid within the time as mentioned herein above, the petitioners will lose their chance to file any fresh writ application in future on the selfsame cause of action. The respondent authorities are directed not to consider the prayer of the petitioners for appointment till

the costs is deposited by the petitioners as indicated hereinabove.

Urgent certified photo copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties expeditiously on compliance of usual legal formalities.

(Amrita Sinha, J.)