29th Sept., 2026 Item no.D/L 28 Court No. 24 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. WPA 15367 of 2026 In the matter of: Jayasree Mondal …. Petitioner VS. The State of West Bengal & Ors. ….Respondents For the Petitioner: Ms. Koyel Bag Mr. Sobhan Majumdar ….Advocates For the State: Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya Ms. Shetparna Roy ….Advocates 1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record. 2. The petitioner’s prayer for grant of full House Rent Allowance (for short ‘HRA’) was forwarded by the District Inspector of Schools, Secondary Education, Birbhum to the Commissioner of School Education on 18th September, 2025 in terms of the G.O. issued by the DSE, WBGA Section vide Memo No. 1117(2)-GA/(OM- 28/GA/2024) dated 19th July, 2024. 3. Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the petitioner and her spouse reside at a distance of more than ninety kilometers. The said distance is not commutable on daily basis by using regular means of transport. 4. Prayer has been made to grant full HRA in her favour. 5. As it appears that the District Inspector of Schools, Secondary Education, Birbhum has already forwarded the request of the petitioner for grant of full HRA to the Commissioner of School Education, the same implies that the District Inspector of Schools, Page 2 Secondary Education, Birbhum opined that the distance between the place of work of the two spouses is not commutable on daily basis. 6. The Commissioner of School Education is, accordingly, directed to take further necessary steps in the matter in accordance with School Education Department’s Memo No. 955-SE(Law) dated 27th July, 2011 to ensure that the petitioner receives full HRA. 7. A decision shall be taken by the Commissioner of School Education at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order. 8. Learned advocate for the petitioner is directed to forward a copy of all necessary documents in support of her claim to the aforesaid respondent at the time of communicating the order of this Court. 9. As the petitioner will receive her full HRA after a considerable delay, the same shall be paid to her with interest calculated at the rate of six percent per annum on the due amount from the date it fell due till the date of actual payment. 10. The writ petition stands disposed of. 11. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 12. Certified server copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)