Calcutta High Court dismisses PIL challenging memorandum issued by West Bengal's Higher Education Department

The Calcutta Excessive Courtroom has just lately dismissed a Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL) petition filed difficult a memorandum issued by West Bengal’s Larger Training Division on December 23, 2019. 

The Petitioner alleged the memorandum contradicts College Grants Fee laws notified on July 18, 2018.

Throughout the listening to, the West Bengal School Service Fee’s advocate identified that an an identical prayer was sought in one other petition  of 2022, which was withdrawn after the courtroom thought-about submissions from either side. 

Contemplating the numerous time elapsed for the reason that memorandum’s issuance and the shortage of affected events impleaded as respondents, the courtroom deemed it inappropriate to think about Bhattacharyya’s prayer.

The Division Bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Bivas Pattanayak delivered the decision, emphasizing that the  petition’s dismissal was additionally because of the petitioner’s failure to incorporate doubtlessly affected events as respondents.