21.09.2026 Item No. 48 Court No.22. S. De 266462 WPA 29318 of 2025 Santanu Bose & Ors. Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Sabyasachi Mondal, Mr. Gourav Das, …for the petitioners. Mr. Madhu Jana, Mr. Rahul Agarwala, …for the State/respondent nos. 1, 2, 4 & 5. 1. The petitioners are represented. 2. The respondent nos.1, 2, 4 and 5 are also represented. 3. Learned advocate representing the petitioners submits that the petitioners were engaged as Motivators as Prakalpa Sahayak under the Swami Vivekananda Swanirbhar Karmasanasthan Prakalpa Scheme (in short “S.V.S.K.P. Scheme”) from around 2000. He further submits that the aforesaid scheme was implemented to generate employment amongst unemployed youths. The main objective of the scheme is to provide interest subsidy for self-help groups through the said scheme in order to reduce interest burden on loans obtained from banks. The said scheme aims at providing skill upgradation training and vocational training in connection with functional improvement of self-help groups and employment schemes. He further subgmits that the said scheme is 2 implemented by the West Bengal Swarojgar Corporation Limited. 4. Learned advocate representing the petitioners further submits that since 2020, the said scheme has been discontinued without any reason being assigned for the same and as a consequence, such functionaries have been left helpless. 5. It further submits that the petitioners have been badly affected in view of the fact that they are dependent on the incentives arising out of such project. 6. By a letter dated July 24, 2025, the petitioners’ learned advocate addressed the four respondents stating the grievances and the difficulties being faced by the petitioners and the respondents were requested to consider the same and re-start the aforesaid S.V.S.K.P. Scheme immediately. He further submits that however, despite receipt of such letter dated July 24, 2025, neither the petitioners nor their advocates have received any response or reply to the same. The aforesaid scheme has still not been re-started. 7. Learned advocate representing the petitioners fairly and candidly submits that the petitioners have no legal right as such to demand the continuation or re-start of the said scheme. He, however, prays that the respondents may consider the aforesaid representation of the petitioners on sympathetic grounds. 3 8. Learned advocate representing the respondents submits that he has no objection to such prayer of the petitioners. 9. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of by directing the respondent no.4 to consider and dispose of the representation dated July 24, 2025, appearing at page 85 of the writ petition, within a period of six weeks from the date of intimation of this order to him, in accordance with law. 10. The petitioners are directed to intimate the respondent no.4 about the passing of this order forthwith. 11. WPA 29318 of 2025 is disposed of with the above observations. 12. There will be no order as to costs. 13. Since no affidavit-in-opposition has been called for, the allegations made in the writ petition are deemed not to have been admitted by the respondents. 14. All parties shall act on the server copy of this 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 upon compliance with the requisite formalities. (Rishad Medora, J.)