22.09.2026 Court No.25 D/L No.199 S. Gayen In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA 26599 of 2026 Mouli Ahmed Versus Election Commission of India & Ors. Mr. Uday Sankar Chattopadhyay Mr. Rajarshee Tah Ms. Trisha Rakshit Ms. Aishwarya Datta …for the Petitioner Ms. Anamika Pandey …for the ECI Mr. Debopom Roy …for the State 1. The petitioner is selected by the West Bengal Central School Service Commission for the post of Assistant Teacher but due to deletion of the name of the petitioner from the voter list, the authorities have not provided the EWS certificate to the petitioner, due to which the petitioner is not in a position to submit all the documents to the authorities, for which, the authorities are not allowing the petitioner to join the post. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that being aggrieved with the deletion of the name of the petitioner from the voter list, the petitioner has preferred an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits pending disposal of the appeal preferred by the petitioner, she prays for a direction upon the Sub-Divisional Officer for grant of EWS certificate so as to enable the petitioner to produce the same before the concerned authority to joint her post. 2 3. Learned counsel for the ECI submits that the order can be passed for disposal of the appeal filed before the Appellate Tribunal. 4. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the respective parties, this Court finds that the petitioner has already preferred an appeal against the deletion of the name of the petitioner from the voter list. In the mean time, the petitioner has been selected for the post of Assistant Teacher but the authorities are not providing the EWS certificate, due to which the petitioner is not in a position to produce all the documents before the authorities and the petitioner is not getting her letter of appointment. 5. In view of the above, the Appellate Tribunal is requested to consider and dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner as early as possible, preferably within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of this order. 6. In the mean time, the Respondent No.8 or the competent authority is directed to consider the request of the petitioner for issuance of the EWS certificate if the petitioner otherwise eligible and if it is found that the petitioner is entitled to get the EWS certificate, the same be provided to the petitioner on or before September 25, 2026 with an undertaking by the petitioner that in case the petitioner fails to succeed in the appeal preferred before the Appellate Tribunal, the petitioner will surrender the EWS certificate before the concerned authorities within a week after the decision of the Appellate Tribunal. 3 7. It is further made clear that if the petitioner is entitled to get the EWS certificate, the authorities shall consider the request of the petitioner without taking into consideration of deletion of the name of the petitioner from the voter list. 8. Accordingly, the instant writ petition stands disposed of. 9. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Krishna Rao, J.)