SUVENDU HALDER AND ORS. ARKA NANDI vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. — WPA/3759/2023

Summary of WPA 3759/2023 - Shuvendu Haldar v. State of West Bengal Court Decision: The High Court of Calcutta allowed the writ petition and directed reinstatement of all three petitioners as Assistant Teachers in the untrained category with full service benefits within eight weeks. The court found that the respondent authorities erroneously classified the petitioners as trained teachers despite their applications clearly stating untrained category status, and held that respondents cannot benefit from their own administrative error. Key Reasoning: All three petitioners secured marks exceeding their respective category cut-offs even after excluding Special B.Ed. marks. The court applied the principle that authorities cannot defeat legitimate claims by relying on situations created by their own default, and directed creation of supernumerary posts if substantive vacancies are unavailable. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.