Sri Palas Mondal And ORS. v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS.
14.08.2024.
PB Sl. No.44.
Ct. No.14.
In The High Court At Calcutta Constitution Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA 19554 of 2024 Sri Palas Mondal & Ors.
Vs The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. Bhagbat Chaudhury, Ms. Mallika Manna, Mr. Monojit Chatterjee.
......for the petitioners.
Ms. Sumita Sen.
......for the BDPS Council.
Mr. Joydip Banerjee.
.....for the State.
The affidavit of service filed in Court is taken on record.
The petitioners seek 'A' category scale of pay relying on the training obtained by them. They have been awarded the 'A' category scale of pay from a later date, but not from the next date of conclusion of the examination of the training course.
The issue whether a candidate will be entitled to receive 'A' category scale of pay on and from the next date of conclusion of the training course or on and from the date of declaration of result of the training
course has been conclusively decided by the Court by various pronouncements.
A coordinate Bench of this Court on 16.05.2024 in WPA 10630 of 2024 in the matter of Swapan Kr. Das Vs. State & Ors. held that a teacher will be treated as trained on and from the next date of completion of the training course.
In view of the above, the instant writ petition is disposed of by directing that the petitioners shall be entitled to receive 'A' category scale of pay on and from the next date of conclusion of the training course in the month of June, 2006.
The concerned District Inspector of Schools is directed to re-calculate the dues of the petitioners and take necessary steps to ensure that payment is disbursed in favour of the petitioners at the earliest, but, positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order.
The receipt showing payment of deficit court fees be retained with the records.
The writ petition is disposed of.
Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties as early as possible.
(Amrita Sinha, J.)