Page 1 13th Oct., 2026 Item no.D/L 53 Court No. 24 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. WPA No.16776 of 2026 In the matter of: Sankar Kumar Sarkar …. Petitioner VS. The State of West Bengal & Ors. ….Respondents For the Petitioner: Mr. Biswarup Biswas Mr. Pradip Kumar Ghosh ….Advocates For the State: Mr. Dibashis Basu, Ld. AGP Mr. Nipendra Pratap Singha ….Advocates 1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record. 2. The petitioner is serving as a headmaster of a higher secondary section of a school. The pay fixation of the petitioner was made by the Additional District Inspector of Schools, Secondary Education, Bangaon Sub Division, North 24-Parganas on 7th April, 2016 by giving effect on and from 31st August, 2010. 3. Allegation of the petitioner is that though the Additional District Inspector of Schools fixed the scale of pay on and from 31st August, 2010 but the actual financial benefit has been granted in his favour on 16th April, 2016 with effect from 1st April, 2016 till 30th June, 2022 but the same has again been stopped from 1st July 2022 onwards. 4. Prayer has been made to direct the respondents to pay the arrears on and from 31st August, 2010 till 31st March, 2016 and from 1st July 2022 onwards. This order has been rectified by speaking to the minutes of the order dated October 15, 2026 Page 2 5. A detailed representation disclosing all the above facts is pending consideration before the District Inspector of Schools, Secondary Education, North 24-Parganas. 6. Accordingly, the District Inspector of Schools is directed to take steps for payment of the arrears to the petitioner in terms of the fixation made by the Additional District Inspector of Schools on 7th April, 2016. 7. Steps shall be taken in the matter at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order. 8. The District Inspector of Schools shall ensure that the arrear payment is disbursed positively by 31st December, 2026. 9. The writ petition stands disposed of. 10. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 11. Certified server copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.) This order has been rectified by speaking to the minutes of the order dated October 15, 2026