14th Oct., 2026 Item no.D/L 25 Court No. 24 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. WPA 21169 of 2026 In the matter of: Makhanlal Mishra …. Petitioner VS. The State of West Bengal & Ors. ….Respondents For the Petitioner: Mr. Sudipta Sarkar Mr. Aninda Bhattacharyya Mr. A. Rahaman Molla ….Advocates For the State: Mr. Bikash Chandra Das Ms. Sruti Datta ….Advocates 1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record. 2. The petitioner is a retired headmaster of a school. His prayer for grant of three percent additional increment was forwarded by the School to the District Inspector of Schools in April, 2023. The same is pending disposal at the end of the District Inspector of Schools till date. 3. The petitioner seeks additional increment on account of his joining the upgraded school as headmaster in terms of the Memorandum No.30-SE(B)/5B-1/2009 dated 10th February, 2010 and the Government Order No.1003-SE(S)/5P-129/12 dated 4th December, 2014. 4. Withdrawal of the aforesaid Government Order dated 4th December, 2014 by the subsequent order of the Joint Secretary (Secondary), School Education Department, Secondary Branch dated 22nd March, 2017 has been set aside by the Court on 15th January, 2024 in WPA No.6217 of 2021. Page 2 5. In view of the above, the instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the Commissioner of School Education to take a decision in the matter in accordance with law and in line with the order passed by the Court at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order. 6. If the prayer of the petitioner is allowed, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken by the aforesaid authority. 7. Learned counsel for the petitioner shall forward a copy of all relevant notifications and judgments of this Court at the time of forwarding the application for grant of additional increment. 8. The writ petition stands disposed of. 9. All parties shall act on the basis of a server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 10. Certified server copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties on compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)