Jayanta Barai And ORS v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

M/L 206 14.02.2025 Court No.19 SD

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION WPA 17837 of 2024 Jayanta Barai & Ors.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Ms. Gopa Biswas Ms. Swati Dey ... for the Petitioners.

Mr. Vimal Kumar Shahi Ms. Pratiti Das ... for the State.

The petitioners are Assistant Teachers at different primary schools of the District:-Darjeeling, they are aggrieved by the Notification bearing No.209SE(EE)/PTTI-7/2011 dated March 4, 2013 whereby the Government of West Bengal, School Education Department (Elementary Branch), inter alia, has directed that the teachers who had obtained one year/2 years Diploma in Elementary Education from State recognized University and were appointed as Teachers on or before December 31, 2005 shall be treated as trained teacher as they all were appointed in the year 2006.

Ms. Gopa Biswas, learned advocate for the petitioners submits that during the pendency of the writ petition the Additional Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, School Education Department (Elementary Branch) has issued a notification bearing no. 323-SED13037/69/2024-ELEMN SEC dated September 4, 2024 clarifying the earlier notification that status quo regarding 'A' category scale of pay already received by the primary teachers with one year Diploma in PTTI course may be maintained for the teachers who were appointed from January 1, 2006 to March 3, 2013.

In view of such development, the grievance of the petitioners has been resolved; as such, no further order need be passed in the present writ petition.

WPA 17837 of 2024 is disposed of without any order as to costs.

Parties to act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties subject to compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Biswajit Basu, J.)