Ritesh Mishra v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

17.12.2025 Court No.17 SK

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION WPA 28587 of 2025 Ritesh Mishra Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. K.M. Hossain Ms. Sujata Mukherjee ... for the Petitioner.

Mr. S. K. Haldar, Mr. Pradipta Siddhanta ... for the State.

Affidavit of service filed on behalf of the petitioner be kept with the record.

The petitioner is the Craft Instructor at Moyna Ramkrishnayan Association, an institution for the visually impaired and the mentally retarded children. The Institution is sponsored by the Department of Mass Education, Extension and Library Services, Government of West Bengal.

The Directorate of Mass Education Extension by an order bearing no. 411/ME/PH dated May 11/15, 2007 had approved the appointment of the petitioner with a rider that if the training qualification is not completed within three years he will not get any incremental benefit.

The grievance of the petitioner is that in spite of completion of such training qualification within the said time, he is not getting the scale of pay of the trained Craft Instructor. It appears from the record that the District Mass Education Extension Officer, Purba Medinipur, the respondent no.4 herein by a communication dated March 3, 2025 has furnished the necessary details of the petitioner to the Director of Mass Education Extension, Government of West Bengal, the respondent no.3 herein.

The respondent no.3 is directed to take up the issue of grant of scale of pay of trained craft instructor through the Department of Mass Education Extension and Library Services with the Finance Department, Government of West Bengal as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of three weeks from the date of communication of this order, enabling the

Finance Department to take appropriate steps on the said issue in accordance with law.

WPA 28587 of 2025 is disposed of without any order as to costs.

Since no affidavit has been invited, the allegations made in the writ petition are deemed to have been denied by the respondents.

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 of all requisite formalities.

(Biswajit Basu, J.)