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1. In WPA 19621 (W) of 2019 (Arindam Mandal and 639 Ors. -vs- State of West Bengal & Ors.), WPA No. 20479 (W) of 2019 (Samir Purkait & 150 Ors. -vs- State of West Bengal & Ors.), WPA 20685 (W) of 2019 (Tarun Kumar Das & 19 Ors. -vs- State of West Bengal & Ors.), WPA 22532 (W) of 2019 (Aparna Purkait
-vs- State of West Bengal & Ors.), WPA 9717 of 2020 (Krishnendu Gharami & 4 Ors. -vs- State of West Bengal & Ors.),WPA 3985 of 2022 (Jagannath Mistry & 54 Ors. -vs- State of West Bengal & Ors.), WPA No. 5244 of 2019, WPA No. 9869 of 2020 and in WPA No. 2159 of 2021 the petitioners have prayed for an order for publication of the result of 2009 selection process wherein written test was completed followed by an interview and to disclose the panel of selected candidates against the notified vacancies and to issue an order of appointment in order of merit maintaining reservation quota after approval from the Competent Authority.
3. In WPA No. 18325 of 2012 the petitioners have prayed for rescind and cancellation of the order dt. 21st June 2012 issued by the Government of West Bengal and prayed for completion of selection process as per the written test and interview completed in the year 2009.
4. Initially before filing of the aforementioned writ petitions, one Shri Partha Nandy and several Ors. have preferred a writ application being WP No. 27619 (W) of 2014 challenging the Government Order dt. 21.06.2012. In the said writ petition, an interim order was passed. The said interim order was carried in appeal by the DPSC, Howrah, which was registered as AST No. 419 of 2014. By an Order dt. 02.12.2014, the Hon'ble Division Bench had set aside the interim order and granted liberty to the DPSC, Howrah to proceed with the recruitment of Assistant Teachers in the Primary Schools within its jurisdiction. The Hon'ble Division Bench had passed the following order on 02.12.2014 :-
6. Being aggrieved with the Order dt. 22.06.2012, the petitioners namely Atanu Chakraborty and Others have preferred an appeal. By an Order dt. 09.06.2014, the Division Bench had dismissed the appeal holding that the State Government did not commit any illegality in cancelling the recruitment examination for the reason mentioned in the Government Order dt. 21.06.2012. The DPSC, Howrah was directed to complete the selection process in terms of the Order dt. 21.06.2012 within the time stipulated in the order of the Court.
26. It is further contended that as regard other District i.e. North 24 Parganas, Howrah and Malda selection process is completed and as per the order passed by Hon'ble Single Judge in WPA No. 15128 of 2017 and connected writ petitioner order of appointments were also given.
27.Per contra, the Ld. Counsel for the respondent authorities submits that initially in the year 2009, a recruitment notice was published for appointment of Primary School Teacher and accordingly written examination was conducted. Subsequently, it was found that there was serious irregularities in the said examination and accordingly Government has taken a decision to cancel the said examination by exercising the power providing under Section 107 of the West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1973 and a decision has been taken to conduct fresh examination with the condition that only the eligible candidates who had applied for recruitment against the advertisement issued by the authorities in the year 2009 had appeared in the examination will be allowed to appear in the said examination and no separate fee will be collected from the said candidates for appearing in the said examination. It was further clarified that no other candidates except those who were allowed to appear in the earlier written examination will be allowed to appear in the re-examination.