Abdur Razzaque And ORS. v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.
Court No. 22 WPA 23183 of 2023 03.10.2023 Abdur Razzaque & Ors.
Vs.
The State of West Bengal & Ors.
(AD 38) (S. Banerjee) Mr. Kamal Mishra Mr. Pratap Sanfui Mr. Subhadeep Maitra ... for the petitioners Ms. Sucharita Roy Ms. Tanuja Basak ... for the State Md. Sarwar Jahan Mr. S. N. Thander ... for the respondent no. 4 Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record.
There are 12 writ petitioners. Mr. Kamal Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that all the petitioners have paid the respective court fees. The petitioners were engaged as Samprasaraks/Samprasarikas in different Madhyamik Siksha Kendras (MSKs) for a period of one year and in that regard agreements were executed with them. The engagement was renewed from time to time on contractual basis.
The petitioners in terms of the notification dated May 2, 2008 issued by the Department of Panchayats and Rural Development, Government of West Bengal,
claimed the benefit for being age of superannuation upto 65 years.
In an identical writ petition, a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court by its judgement and order dated May 19, 2023 delivered in WPA 12057 of 2023 (Susampad Das & Ors. V. The State of West Bengal & Ors.) allowed the benefit in favour of the writ petitioners.
Ms. Sucharita Roy, learned State advocate appeared for respondent nos. 1 to 3.
Md. Sarwar Jahan, learned advocate appeared for the respondent no. 4.
Both the learned advocates appearing for the respondents had submitted that no appeal was carried out from the said order dated May 19, 2023 and the State authorities had carried out the said decision of the co-ordinate Bench and allowed the claim of the petitioners.
On reading of the said judgment and order dated May 19, 2023, I am also in respectful agreement with the same.
In view of the above, in the light of the said judgement dated May 19, 2023 delivered in the matter of: Susampad Das (supra), this writ petition
stands allowed to the extent the right of the petitioners was decided in the said judgement.
With the above observations, this writ petition, WPA 23183 of 2023, stands disposed of, without any order as to costs.
Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties expeditiously, on compliance of usual legal formalities.
(Aniruddha Roy, J.)