IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION 29.09.2026 rc/ct.no.CB-06 Item No.175 WPA No. 1960 of 2026 Pradip Roy & Ors. Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors. Adv. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury Adv. Soumyajit Laskar ..for the petitioner Adv. Kunaljit Byhattacharjee Adv. Shanghai Chopudhury ….for the State Adv. Mousumi Bhowal Adv. Nigam Mittal …for the DPSC, Cooch Behar The petitioners are employed as assistant teachers and have completed B.Ed. course besides having graduated in respective fields of education. They seek a direction upon the Commissioner, School Education Department, Government of West Bengal, being the 2nd respondent herein, to grant them ‘A’ category scale of pay from the date of joining service as assistant teachers in the primary school and for payment of arrears for the period of service rendered by them in the school. Representations submitted by the petitioners in this regard are still pending. The petitioners seek consideration of the same. In view of the above, the 2nd respondent is directed to consider and dispose of the representations submitted by the petitioners within four weeks from the date of communication of this order upon granting 2 reasonable opportunity of hearing to the petitioners, in accordance with law. The writ petition is disposed of. There shall, however, be no order as to costs. Since no affidavit is invited, the allegations contained in the writ petition are deemed not to have been admitted. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh,J)