Champa Biswas (Pramanik) v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS.
04.07.2024 Court No. 18 Item No. 29 (ML) (Suvendu) WPA 5568 of 2022 Champa Biswas (Pramanik) -VersusThe State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. Sarthak Burman ......for the petitioner Dr. Sutanu Kr. Patra Ms. Supriya Dubey .....for the WBCSSC Petitioner participated in the selection process namely 1st SLST 2016 (Upper Primary) for being appointed as an Assistant Teacher in a Government aided school in upper primary section. Petitioner was required to appear before the Grievance Committee on 1st December, 2021 for consideration of the candidature of the petitioner which according to the petitioner could not be complied with since she was not put on notice. It is also submitted that application was made on 2nd March, 2022 before the concerned authority of the West Bengal Central School Service Commission for providing
the petitioner second chance to deliberate before the Grievance Committee.
The prayer made in this writ petition is opposed by the learned advocate representing the Commission since it has been pointed out that as per the direction of the Hon'ble Court the candidate was required to appear before the Grievance Committee on 1st December, 2021 failing which the candidate needs to approach the concerned authority of the Commission within reasonable time for giving the petitioner second chance to deliberate before the Grievance Committee. It is also submitted that the hearing by Grievance Committee ended on 23rd December, 2021 and on the basis of notice uploaded on the official website of the Commission approximately fifteen thousand candidates appeared before the Grievance Committee.
Having considered the submissions made on behalf of the parties and on perusal of the materials available on record, it appears that petitioner was required to appear before the Grievance Committee on 1st December, 2021.
According to the petitioner, due to lack of notice she could not appear before the Grievance
Committee on the fixed date and time.
Application seeking second opportunity to deliberate before the Grievance Committee was made in the month of March, 2022 which is precisely three months after the date fixed for hearing by the Grievance Committee.
It needs to be recorded herein that the grievance hearing finally ended on 23rd December, 2021 and the application was made by the petitioner after the last date of grievance hearing process. Though petitioner alleged that she was not put on notice relating to date and time of hearing by the Grievance Committee, but from the submissions made on behalf of the Commission it appears that no candidate was served with notice. On the other hand, intimation was given to the candidates by indicating dates and time on the official website of the Commission based on which nearby fifteen thousand candidates appeared before the Grievance Committee.
In view of aforesaid scenario, this Court refuses to interfere with this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition stands dismissed.
However, there shall be no order as to costs.
Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties on usual undertakings.
(Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.)