OD-1 ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction ORIGINAL SIDE WPO No.466 of 2026 SUMON SARDAR -VS- THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS. BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE AMRITA SINHA Date:6th October, 2026. Appearance: Mr. Anjan Bhattacharya, Adv. Ms. Anita Shaw, Adv. Ms. Seema Thakur, Adv. …for the Petitioner. Mr. Tarun Kumar Das, Adv. ...for the State. 1. The petitioner prays for approval of his appointment. He is serving in the Scottish Church Collegiate School, a Christian Minority Institution. The college forwarded the documents of nine confirmed staff of the school for placement against the approved normal vacancy to the District Inspector of Schools (S.E.), Kolkata on 19th October, 2020. It has been submitted that out of the list of nine teachers, seven have been approved but two have not. The petitioner is one of them. No reason has been disclosed for not approving the service of the petitioner. 2. Prayer has been made to direct the District Inspector of Schools (S.E.), Kolkata to approve the service of the petitioner. 3. Learned Advocate representing the State respondents submits that the petitioner was initially appointed in the subject Computer. Thereafter, his document for confirmation was forwarded by the school in the year 2 2020. Presently, the petitioner wants to be approved in the subject Physical and Work Education. 4. Upon hearing the submissions made on behalf of both the parties and on perusal of the documents annexed to the writ petition, it appears that the District Inspector of Schools (S.E.), Kolkata has already confirmed the service of seven assistant teachers from the list of nine confirmed staff of the school forwarded by the school. No decision has been taken in respect of the petitioner. 5. Accordingly, the instant writ petition stands disposed of by directing the District Inspector of Schools (S.E.), Kolkata to take a decision on the approval of the petitioner’s appointment in accordance with law at the earliest, but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order. 6. A reasoned order shall be passed and communicated to the school authority with a copy marked to the petitioner. If the petitioner’s service is approved, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken by the respondent authority in accordance with law. 7. The writ petition stands disposed of. 8. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record. 9. All parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (AMRITA SINHA, J.) nm