25.09.2026 Court No.25 D/L No.13 S. Gayen In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA 24827 of 2026 Soufik Al Mabud Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Amit Rajan Pati Mr. Sunayan Ghosh Ms. Swastika Chowdhury Mr. Avijit Chatterjee …for the Petitioner Mr. Sahasrangshu Bhattacharjee, Ld. AGP Mr. Jagannath Chatterjee …for the State 1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record. 2. The petitioner has filed the present writ application praying for a direction upon the respondent authorities for consideration the application field by the petitioner for grant of OBC certificate. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner belongs to a particular community at Entry No. 88 of the central list and the Other Backward Classes of the State of West Bengal. 4. The petitioner has appeared in the NEET examination and he has been declared pass. Now the petitioner is intending to get admission in the MBBS course for which the petitioner has applied for grant of OBC certificate but in spite of receipt of the application filed by the petitioner, the authorities have not considered the same and not issuing the OBC certificate, due to 2 which the petitioner is not in a position to appear before the counseling. 5. Considering the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Court finds that the petitioner has already made an application before the concerned authorities for grant of OBC certificate but the same has not considered by the authorities. 6. In view of the above, the respondent No. 4, the Sub- Divisional Officer, Murshidabad Sadar is directed to consider the application filed by the petitioner dated July 31, 2026 within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of this order after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, if necessary. If the authorities find that the petitioner is entitled to get the OBC certificate under the particular category, the authorities shall provide the same and if it is found that the petitioner is not entitled to get the OBC certificate, the authorities shall pass a reasoned and speaking order within a week. 7. Accordingly, WPA 24827 of 2026 stands disposed of. 8. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 9. Urgent Photostat certified copy, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with all formalities. (Krishna Rao, J.)