AYANTIKA DAS Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Three petitions under art.226 have been filed questioning an undated decision of the District Inspector of Schools (SE), Paschim Medinipur, copy whereof was supplied to all concerned by a memo dated Sept. 12, 2008. The District Inspector of Schools (in short DIS) approved a panel of select candidates for appointment to the post of librarian at Aligunj Rishi Rajnarayan Balika Vidyalaya in Aligunj of the district Paschim Medinipur.

(2.) By an order dated Feb. 20, 2008 the DIS granted the institute permission to appoint a librarian in the institute. The institute was directed to make appointment according to the provisions of the West Bengal Schools (Recruitment of Non-teaching Staff) Rules, 2005. The institute constituted a selection committee according to the provisions of r.6. The selection committee consisted of the headmistress, the secretary, headmaster of a school situated in the same sub-division in which the institute is situated, an expert, and a nominee of the municipality.

(3.) The institute sent requisition requesting the employment exchange to sponsor names of eligible candidates. Interview letters were sent to 21 candidates. 18 candidates appearing before the selection committee were interviewed on May 22, 2008. The selection committee listed the best candidates in the following order: 1) Smt. Ayantika Das, 2) Smt. Chhanda Panja, and 3) Sri Amal Kumar Manna. The computation sheet prepared on the basis of total marks awarded to each candidate by each member of the selection committee and the final panel of three candidates both were signed by all the five members of the selection committee.