Prokash Barman v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS.

10.04.2025 Item No.19 Ct. No.01 RP/SM WPA(P) 98 of 2025 Prokash Barman Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Dilip Kumar Saila ....For Petitioner Mr. Anirban Ray, Ld. GP Mr. Nilotpal Chatterjee Ms. Munmun Ganguly Mr. Soumalya Ganguli ....For State Ms. Piyali Sengupta Mr. Victor Chatterjee ....For PSC

1. The petitioner espousing the cause of the candidates, who appeared in the examination for selection to the post of Sub-Inspector in the Subordinate Food and Supplies Service, Grade-III under the Food and Supplies Department, Government of West Bengal, has filed this writ petition stating that the result of the competitive examination held on 17th March, 2024 has not been declared so and the action of the respondent authorities is illegal and null and void.

2. The learned advocate appearing for the Public Service Commission has produced a copy of the order dated 23.04.2024 passed in WPA 9071 of 2024 by which the learned Single Bench has granted an order of stay on the recruitment process to the said post, which was taken pursuant to the advertisement

dated 22.8.2023. Therefore, so long as the order is in force, the question of issuing a writ of mandamus, as sought for, would not arise. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. However, it is open to the petitioner to work out his remedy in the pending writ petition, if he so advises.

[T.S. SIVAGNANAM] CHIEF JUSTICE [CHAITALI CHATTERJEE (DAS), J.]