24.07.2026 Court No.13 Item No.29 AP MAT 644 of 2026 With CAN 1 of 2026 Sunil Kumar Sinha and Ors. Vs. The State of West Bengal and Ors. Mr. Anjan Bhattacharya Ms. Seema Thakur … For the Appellants. 1. The appeal is directed against an order dated 2nd February, 2026 passed by a Single Bench of this Court. The Single Bench found that the writ petitioners/ appellants suffered from misjoinder of parties. 2. Admittedly, three of the writ petitioners/appellants claimed to have retired from service on different dates. One writ petitioner/appellant is still working. None of the writ petitioners/appellants have completed ten years of service. 3. In the light of the above, the question of any direction or entitlement of the writ petitioners/appellants against the State does not and cannot arise. 4. While the counsel for the writ petitioners/appellants claims that the services of three writ petitioners/ appellants have been regularized by the State, this Court has serious reservations in that regard. There is no approval or any accepted process of recruitment or procedure followed in the engagement of the writ petitioners/appellants by the school managing committee. 2 5. Even if the writ petition was maintainable, it could not have obtained any straight relief from this Court. The prayer for direction upon the concerned District Inspector of Schools to consider their representations also cannot be entertained by this Court. 6. The writ petitioners/appellants are required to first approach the authorities as rightly held by the Single Bench. 7. In that view of the matter, this Court finds no reason to interfere with the impugned order. 8. Accordingly, MAT 644 of 2026 is dismissed. Consequently, CAN 1 of 2026 is also disposed of. 9. There shall be no order as to costs. 10. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Rajasekhar Mantha, J.) (Rai Chattopadhyay, J.)