15th June, 2026 Item no.D/L 39 Court No. 18 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. WPA 11720 of 2026 In the matter of: Mrinmoy Basak …. Petitioner VS. State of West Bengal & Ors. ….Respondents For the Petitioner: Mr. S.N. Mukherjee Mr. Soupal Chatterjee Mr. Anupam Das Ms. M. Chatterjee ….Advocates For the State: Ms. Aparna Banerjee Mr. Brijendra Pratap Singh ….Advocates For the PSC: Ms. Piyali Sengupta Mr. Victor Chatterjee ….Advocates 1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record. 2. The petitioner participated for recruitment in the West Bengal Civil Services (Executive) Examination, 2022. He did not feature in the list of candidates recommended for appointment. 3. Allegation is that his English answer script has not been evaluated properly. 4. An application was made for review of the English answer script in May, 2026. The same not being answered, the instant writ petition has been filed. 5. Prayer has been made to direct the Public Service Commission to review/reevaluate the English answer script. Page 2 6. It has been submitted by the learned advocate representing the Public Service Commission that there is no provision for reevaluation/review of the answer script. 7. It has been submitted that the list recommending 322 candidates for appointment in WBCS, Group-‘D’ post was published on 2nd April, 2026. 8. Upon hearing the submissions of all the parties and on perusal of the document annexed to the writ petition and upon considering the provision of law it appears that there is no provision for review of the answer script of any candidate participating for appointment in WBCS. In the absence of a supporting legal provision, the prayer of the petitioner cannot be allowed. 9. Prior to appearing in the examination, the candidate was completely aware that there is no provision for reassessment/reevaluation/review of the answer script. 10. Accordingly, the prayer of the petitioner directing the respondent authority to reevaluate/review the English answer script cannot be accepted. 11. In view of the above, no relief can be granted to the petitioner in the instant writ petition. The writ petition fails and is hereby dismissed. 12. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 13. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)