24.07.2026 Sl. No. 28 Ct. No.14 AN IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE W.P.A. 15624 of 2026 Bidhan Chandra Das & ors. Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury Ms. Pritha Biswas Ms. Upasana Sarkar …for the Petitioners. Ms. Aparna Banerjee Mr. Anindya Bhattacharyya …for the State. Mr. Ratul Biswas Mr. Kaushik Chowdhury …for the WBBPE. Mr. Pinaki Bhattacharyya …for DPSC, North 24 Pgns. 1. Affidavit of service filed on behalf of the petitioners is taken on record. 2. The petitioners are directed to deposit ad valorem court fees, if not already paid. 3. By the present writ petition, the petitioners seek direction upon the respondent authorities, particularly, respondent No. 5, the Chairman, District Primary School Council, North 24 Parganas to grant the NO OBJECTON CERTIFICATE in favour of the petitioners to complete their two year Diploma in Elementary Education (in short, ‘D.El.Ed’), course 2026-28. 4. The petitioners contend that they have been recruited as Assistant Teachers in different primary schools under District Primary School Council, North 24 Parganas as mentioned hereinbelow pertaining to recruitment process of 2016:- Sl. No. Name Date of joining School Name Circle Date of Confirmation 1. Bidhan Chandra Das 13.02.2017 Monoharpur FP School Hasnabad South 13.02.2019 2. Tania Banerjee 13.02.2017 Vidyasagar Vidyapith GSFP School Madhyamg -ram 13.02.2019 3. Subhadeep Das 17.02.2017 Gopalnagar Dakshin Kiranbala FP School Gopalnagar 17.02.2019 4. Piklu Mondal 17.02.2017 Uttar Siti Primary School Barasat 17.02.2019 5. Bibhas Biswas 16.02.2017 Ganrapota FP School Bongaon-II 16.02.2019 5. Subsequent to the filing of the writ petition, the petitioners have submitted their applications for admission to D.El.Ed course 2026-28 pursuant to the notification of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education being No. 132-WBBPE / D.El.Ed. / 2026 / 106P-26 dated 17th July, 2026. The petitioners are unable to resume the D.El.Ed. course for want of NO OBJECTON CERTIFICATE from the District Primary School Council, North 24 Parganas. Hence this writ petition. 6. Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury, learned advocate appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners seek to file a comprehensive representation before the concerned authority seeking for no objection in order to resume their D.El.Ed. course for the Session 2026-2028 (Regular). He also indicates that the District Primary School Council, Coochbehar has already granted such no objection in favour of the in-service teachers who are similarly circumstanced. He files a 2 copy of the notification of the Board dated 17th July, 2026 and the No Objection issued by the Chairperson, District Primary School Council, Coochbehar dated 26th September, 2024 which is taken on record. 7. Learned advocates for the other respective respondents leave the matter to the discretion of the Court. 8. In view of the above, leave is granted to the petitioners to submit a comprehensive representation before the District Primary School Council, North 24 Parganas within a period of three weeks from date with regard to aforesaid. Upon submission of such filing within the said period, the Council shall consider the same in accordance with law within a period of two weeks from the date of submission of such representation. 9. With the above direction, the writ petition being WPA 15624 of 2026 stands disposed of. 10. Since no affidavits have been called for, the allegation made in the writ petition is deemed to be not admitted. 11. Interim order, if any, stands vacated. 12. All connected applications, if any, stand disposed of. 13. There shall be no order as to costs. 14. All concerned parties shall act in terms of the copy of the order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 15. Urgent Photostat certified copy of the order, if applied for, be given to the parties on compliance of all necessary legal formalities. (Bivas Pattanayak, J.) 3