Firdousi Khatun v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

2ND Dec., 2025 In the High Court at Calcutta Item no.D/L 06 Court No. 18 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA 27265 of 2025 In the matter of :

Firdousi Khatun .... Petitioner VS.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

....Respondents For the Petitioner:

Mr. Uday Sankar Chattopadhyay Mr. Pronoy Basak ....Advocates For the WBCSSC:

Mr. Kalyan Bandopadhyay, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Biswaroop Bhattacharjee Ms. Pramiti Bandopadhyay Mr. Arka Kumar Nag Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh ....Advocates For the WBBSE:

Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya Mr. Bibek Dutta ....Advocates For the State:

Mr. Sirsanya Bandopadhyay Mr. Vivekananda Bose Mr. Sandip Das Gupta Mr. Saaqib Siddqui Ms. Mahima Cholera Mr. Niket Ojha ....Advocates

1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record.

2. The petitioner is a teacher of Home Science (PG) subject. Her allegation is that the Commission did not disclose the vacancy in the subject Home Science in the advertisement floated for recruitment of assistant teachers in the year 2025.

3. From the document annexed to the writ petition, it appears that the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education has declared that there is already one vacancy of the subject Home Science and the same is reserved for Scheduled Caste Category candidate.

4. The petitioner is a member of the General Category. Submission is that one extra seat ought to be kept aside for the General Category candidates in the subject Home Science.

5. According to the State, the 100-Point Roster has been followed and the first vacancy in the 100-Point Roster is reserved for the Scheduled Caste Category. There is no further vacancy in the subject Home Science.

6. The prayer of the petitioner for declaring fresh vacancy in the Home Science subject in the General Category cannot be allowed by the Court. It is for the authority to declare vacancy and the Court exercise power of judicial review in such a situation.

7. The writ petition fails and is hereby dismissed.

8. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)