244 13.07.2026 Court No.24 pg. IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE WPA 29540 of 2025 Tarun Kanti Tripathi -versus The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Balai Lal Sahoo Mr. Amit Bikram Mahata …For the Petitioner Ms. Tapasi Palit Sinha Mr. Manojit Chakraborti … For the State 1. Affidavit-of-service filed in Court today is taken on record. 2. The petitioner’s prayer for allowing 3% additional incremental pensionary benefit is pending consideration. 3. Without entering into the merits of the claim of the petitioner at this stage, the instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the District Inspector of Schools (S.E.), Purba Medinipur to take a decision on the prayer of the petitioner strictly in accordance with law at the earliest but positively within a period of twelve weeks from the date of communication of this order. 4. The additional increment, if found admissible in case of the petitioner, shall be disbursed without any further delay. 2 5. If the prayer of the petitioner is rejected, then the reasoned order indicating the ground(s) of rejection shall be communicated to the petitioner. 6. Learned advocate for the petitioner is directed to forward a copy of the representation seeking consideration along with all supporting documents to the aforesaid respondent at the time of communicating the order of the Court. 7. The writ petition stands disposed of. 8. All parties shall act on the basis of a server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 9. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)