D. Datta, J. - (1.) The West Bengal Central School Service Commission (hereafter the Central Commission) issued advertisement dated September 5, 2009 inviting eligible candidates to offer their candidature for recruitment to vacant posts of Assistant Teachers in different recognized nongovernment aided Junior High/High/Higher Secondary Schools in West Bengal. Insofar as posts of Assistant Teachers in Philosophy (Honours/P.G.) in schools under the jurisdiction of the Regional School Service Commission, Eastern Region (hereafter the Regional Commission) are concerned, 42 vacancies were notified. The districts of Burdwan, Hooghly and Birbhum are under the administrative jurisdiction of the Regional Commission. Out of these 42 vacancies, 31 were shown as unreserved while 9 and 2 vacancies were shown as reserved for Schedule Caste (hereafter SC) and Physically Handicapped (hereafter PH) candidates respectively.
(2.) The petitioner, who hails from Chandannagar in the district of Hooghly, is a candidate belonging to SC category as well as PH category. However, she offered her candidature for consideration as SC category candidate. On the basis of her performance in the recruitment examination, she was selected and placed at Sl. No. 25 of the Combined Merit List (hereafter CML). Amongst SC category candidates, she secured the 1st position.
(3.) Since the petitioner outshone even general candidates, she was treated as a general candidate and thus was required to confine her choice amongst the 31 unreserved vacancies. From the list of unreserved vacancies it appears that vacancies were available in the following schools within Hooghly district. 1. Dwarhatta Rajeswari Institution, P.S. Haripal, Chandannagar sub -division; 2. Paltagarh Radharani Siksha Mandir, P.S. Singur, Chandannagar sub -division; 3. Mahesh Shri Ramkrishna Ashram Vidyalaya, P.S. Rishra, Serampore sub -division; 4. Inchura Rai Saheb HCA Vidyamandir, P.S. Balagarh, Chinsurah sub -division; 5. Kabura Panchpara High School, Balagarh, Chinsurah sub -division; and 6. Rajhati Bandor High School, P.S. Khanakul, Arambagh sub -division.;