- (1.) On 5th December, 2011, when this matter was initially taken up for consideration, this Court had directed the respondent, West Bengal State Co-operative Bank Limited, to file a report in the form of an affidavit on the next date giving details of the selection process held by the said Bank relating to promotion of its staff officers to the post of Assistant General Manager, in terms of the notice dated 11th February, 2011, being annexure 'P-9' to the writ petition. The point of maintainability of the writ petition, as sought to be raised by the learned senior counsel representing the West Bengal State Co-operative Bank Limited was, however, kept open. The report in the form of an affidavit has since been filed on behalf of the West Bengal State Co-operative Bank Limited.
(2.) Today, the matter is taken up for final consideration and has been heard at length.
(3.) The subject matter of challenge in the instant writ petition is with regard to a selection process initiated by the West Bengal State Co-operative Bank Limited for promotion from the rank of staff officer to the post of Assistant General Manager. The petitioner was one of the staff officers who participated in the selection process. By a notice dated 11th February, 2011, names of all the staff officers who had participated in the selection process were published in their respective order of merit. The petitioner was placed under serial number six. Since the total number of vacancies for the post of Assistant General Manager was five, the petitioner could not be accommodated on promotion to the said post. She thereafter filed the instant writ petition challenging the selection process.;