Sushil Dutta And ORS. v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

20.06.2024 Sl. No.30 Ct. No. 13 g.b/Sws.M W.P.A. 14018 of 2024 Sushil Dutta and Ors.

-VsThe State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Tulsidas Maiti Mr. Pradip Kumar Ghosh ..For the petitioner.

Mr. Dipankar Das Gupta ...for the State

1. Affidavit-of-service filed in court today be kept with the record.

2. An appeal being M.A.T No. 714 of 2020 has been disposed of by a judgment and order dated January 5, 2024 passed by a Division Bench of this Court that was heard along with MAT 107 of 2022 and other appeals. The Division Bench has held that teachers who completed their training qualification for the year 200506 in the year 2011 are entitled to "A" category pay scale since the delay in declaring their qualification is not attributable to them.

3. This Court, following the said Division Bench judgment, has in WPA 13194 of 2019 by order dated February 8, 2024 as corrected on February 20, 2024 allowed prayers, similar to the instant writ petition.

4. It is, therefore, ordered that the petitioners shall be entitled to "A"

category pay scale with effect from 2006 and as decided by the Division Bench and this Court.

5. Copies of the aforesaid order are kept with the record.

6. Reliance is also placed by the learned Counsel for the petitioners on an order of a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court dated January 6, 2023 passed in WPA 5801 of 2022, in support of the arguments that the petitioners are entitled to such "A" category pay scale with effect from 2006.

7. Let arrears of salary be paid to the petitioners within two months from date.

8. With the aforesaid observations, the instant writ petition shall stand disposed of.

9. There will be no order as to costs.

10. All parties are directed to act on a server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

(Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)