S/L 17 30.07.2026 Court No.24 SD IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION WPA 15525 of 2026 Abu Safianal Ahmed Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Sakti Pada Jana Mr. Subhajyoti Das … for the Petitioner. Ms. Mary Datta Ms. Aparajita Mitra … for the State. 1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today be kept with the records. 2. The order passed by the Commissioner of School Education on October 17, 2025 rejecting the petitioner’s prayer to grant 3% additional increment is assailed in the instant writ petition. 3. Validity of the impugned order has to be decided upon exchange of affidavits. 4. Respondents are directed to prepare and circulate the affidavit-in-opposition within a period of four weeks. Reply thereto, if any, be filed within a fortnight thereafter. 5. Liberty to mention. 6. All parties shall act on the basis of a server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 7. Certified server copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties on compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)