24TH JULY, 2026 Item no.M/L 786 Court No. 24 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. WPA 22307 of 2024 In the matter of: Pravat Ghorai …. Petitioner VS. The State of West Bengal & Ors. ….Respondents For the Petitioner: Mr. Uttam Kr. Bhattacharyya Mr. Kaustav Mishra ….Advocates 1. The petitioner prays for a direction upon the District Inspector of Schools, Secondary Education, Paschim Medinipur to consider his prayer for grant of notional benefit on and from 12th October, 2004. 2. Specific allegation is that though the petitioner was empanelled for appointment in the year 2004 but he was actually appointed in the year 2007. Due to the delay in issuance of the letter of appointment, the petitioner has lost valuable service career. The petitioner has since retired from service on 30th November, 2024 after rendering more than seventeen years of service. 3. Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that in the event he is granted the notional benefit from the year 2004, then he will be entitled to receive full pensionary benefit. 4. A representation is alleged to be pending consideration before the District Inspector of Schools, Paschim Medinipur for a considerable period of time. 5. Prayer has been made to direct the authority to consider the representation made by the petitioner. 6. None appears on behalf of the respondents. Page 2 7. As it appears that the prayer of the petitioner is pending consideration at the end of the District Inspector of Schools, accordingly, no useful purpose will be served by keeping the writ petition pending. 8. The instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the District Inspector of Schools, Secondary Education, Paschim Medinipur to consider the petitioner’s prayer strictly in accordance with law at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order. An opportunity of hearing shall be granted to the petitioner prior to passing any final order in the matter. 9. A reasoned order shall be passed and communicated to the petitioner immediately thereafter. 10. If the prayer of the petitioner is allowed, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken without any further delay. 11. Learned advocate for the petitioner is directed to forward a copy of the subject representation seeking consideration along with all supporting documents to the aforesaid respondent at the time of communicating the order of the Court. 12. The writ petition stands disposed of. 13. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 14. Certified server copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)