Debojyoti Pan v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

19.03.

Ct. No. 24 CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE.

WPA 5815 of 2026 Ab Debojyoti Pan Vs.

The State of West Bengal and others.

--------------- Mr. Rittick Chowdhury, Ms. Aparupa Chowdhury.

... for the petitioner.

Mr. Swapan Kumar Datta, Mr. Dinpankar Das Gupta, Mr. Kaustav Chatterjee.

... for the State.

Mr. D. N. Maiti, Mr. Aseemdipta Santra.

... for the WBUHS.

Mr. Arka Kumar Nag, Mr. S. Banerjee, Ms. Debobeena Ghosh.

... for the WBMCC.

Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy.

... for the National Medical College.

1. The affidavit of service filed today is taken on record.

2. The petitioner is an aspiring medical student, who had sat for the West Bengal NEET-PG, 2025. The petitioner was eligible, however was not successful in obtaining allotment of a seat in any of the colleges in West Bengal.

3. The clear process of counseling and the stray round of counseling have come to an end on February 28, 2026. The petitioner has approached this Court by way of this writ petition sometime in March, 2026,

seeking, inter alia, a Writ directing the authorities to continue with the counseling round, even after the counseling rounds have come to an end and have attained finality.

4. The ground taken by Mr. Chowdhury, learned Advocate appearing for the petitioner, is that in other States, namely, Maharashtra and Karnataka, the time for counseling rounds has been extended. He, however, admits, fairly enough, that the continuation of counseling in other States does not vest the petitioner with any right, which can be enforced by way of this writ petition.

5. While it may be true that there are empty seats in the Medical Colleges, it is equally true, as submitted by Mr. Nag, learned Advocate and Mr. Roy, learned Advocate appearing for the respondents, that the admission to such colleges has gone down to the level where students with zero percentile are on the verge of being admitted to the vacant seats.

6. Without getting into the issues raised by the respondents, the rounds of counseling or the process of admission cannot be extended merely because the petitioner feels that he is entitled to a seat as a medical student or that there are certain states where the counseling process is still in progress.

7. In view of the afore-stated, no right has accrued to

the petitioner to seek issuance of a Writ or the orders, as prayed for herein.

8. Thus, this writ petition cannot be entertained as it would open the flood gates and would create administrative mayhem.

9. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed.

10. Needless to add, in the event, the concerned authority decides to hold further rounds of counseling, the petitioner will be entitled to participate in the same, provided he is found eligible by way of merit.

11. There shall, however, be no order as to costs.

12. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties on usual undertaking.

(Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)